ENB - The Lean Mean Income Machine: Volume 5
The 60% stock and 40% bond portfolio is one of the best known in the financial world. Giving the juice of stock returns while buttressing it with the lower volatility bond component , this portfolio has apparently everything going for it. It's most recent test during the 2008 crisis proved its value where it outperformed a pure stock portfolio by a significant margin.
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A significant benefit of such a portfolio lies not only in its outperformance during recessions but its impact on the psychology of the investor. Smaller drawdowns help investors focused on