Posts Tagged ‘Asset allocation’

How to preserve wealth for generations

Post Lehman Crisis in Sep 2008, wealth preservation and management for the present and future has attained greater significance.
Research has shown that 9 out of 10 families loses all wealth by the 3rd Generation.
Multiple reasons assigned to it are :
1. Poor investment choices
2. Prolonged period of high inflation during a particular time horizon
3. Higher taxes
4. Higher spending by [...]

Did Asset Allocation fail during the Financial Crisis?

There has been extensive debate over the last couple of years on whether asset allocation did its job during the financial crisis of 2008-09. Between Mid – 2008 and early 2009 there was a decline in prices of most popular asset classes (Equities, Corporate Bonds, Real Estate). The recent financial crisis [...]