Loading ...When we start to see articles like this should we be nervous? Morgan Stanley changed their allocation to 20% gold?? Whatever the case, $4K seems to be getting some attention.
“For decades, Wall Street’s traditional portfolio allocation rule has been 60/40, meaning 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds. Gold has been completely ignored, despite outperforming the DJIA for the past 25 years. The DJIA-Gold ratio has declined from 40+ at the start of the century to less than 12 today. In other words, excluding dividends, the DJIA, when priced in terms of gold rather than the US Dollar, has lost about 70% of its value in the last 25 years. The nominal gains are merely an illusion of monetary inflation!
Morgan Stanley recently changed its allocation from 60/40 to 60/20/20, i.e., 60% stocks, 20% in bonds, and 20% in gold. Almost equally interesting is the fact that they have recommended allocating the bond portfolio to shorter-duration income securities, indicating that they expect an increase in long-term interest rates. Finally, Wall Street is waking up from its apathy towards gold and recognizing the reality ahead.”
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