Tools for better equity exposure?
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
Most investment strategies become popular through short rather than long periods, simply because no strategy works all the time. The longer the track record, the more explanation is required for why the strategy has merit as it will include periods of underperformance.
For example, the global financial crisis was great for tactical asset allocation strategies as it featured a slowly evolving bear market. By the time stock markets crashed seriously in 2008, many of these strategies were allocated out of equities and into bonds, thus preserving capital and increasing popularity with investors.