Of the past 11 trading days, 10 (including today) have had triple digit moves, making this one of the most volatile times in history for the market. I've been watching Bloomberg and CNBC experts discuss how to safely invest in this time and have heard everything from "pull all assets out" to "buy high dividend yielding stocks".
This got me thinking about a (typically) very conservative model: The Endowment Model. Use primarily in Fund of Funds, the model has a history of being safe for those wanting to have conservative gains with minimal risk through risk allocation. Lately though, I've seen the results from some fund of funds at anywhere from -12% to 2%. It's bad when a 2% gain is putting you in the top echelon of firms.
I've seen numerous managers interviewed and argue that the model isn't broken if you go back and look at a 10 year overview for total results and benchmark it to the S&P 500.
Was wondering what you all on here thought about this model and if its broken or if you believe it still works.
I don't know, but this is something I'm interested in knowing more about. Hedging strategies seem to be another big factor with performance that probably has some relevance in examining whether or not the fof model still works. My first reaction to this post is that it's the hedging that's out of control now, not necessarily the basic setup of endowments.
I guess performance is really based on asset allocation for the portfolios. The model itself is split into an Alpha Core and Swing Assets categorized by the following:
Alpha Core is made up of: Hedge Fund Private Equity International Bonds International Equity Real Estate Venture Capital Commodities REITs
Swing Assets are made up of: US Dollar US Equities US Commodies
The idea is you build your Alpha Core according to how much base risk you want to have and add swing assets to mitigate that risk. Obviously different clients are wanting to take different levels of risk so no 2 portfolios will be the same.
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