The Death of 60/40: What’s Next?

Welcome to the last of the series “The Death of 60/40.” I have written in this series on how the 60/40 portfolio was justifiably a staple in investor portfolios based upon past performance.  By any measure of financial history, the last four decades were one of the most significant periods of asset growth price ever.…

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The Death of 60/40: Bonds

Welcome back to another week of “The Death of 60/40.” For the last two weeks, I’ve described how stock valuations play a role in defining future expected returns – and how today’s stock market valuations portend a forthcoming era of low returns. “But isn’t the reason we allocate 40% to bonds, is to help offset…

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The Death of 60/40: Starting Valuations Matter… A Lot (Part II)

Welcome to week four of the series The Death of 60/40. Today, we’ll continue to explore stock market valuations and what they portend.  John Bogle, the late, legendary founder of Vanguard Funds used a simple formula to determine future market returns: Future Market Returns = Dividend Yield + Earnings Growth +/- Change in P/E ratio.  …

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