As financial markets become increasingly interconnected and traditional asset allocation strategies face limitations, return stacking (sometimes referred to as portable alpha) continues to gain traction among investors. This article explores how return stacking may redefine risk management and diversification, offering a fresh perspective on portfolio construction for investors.
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Behavioral Alpha: How Return Stacking Can Help Investors Avoid Line-Item Risk
This article explores how return stacking can improve investor discipline, enhance portfolio resilience, and help financial advisors build more behaviorally friendly investment strategies.
Stacking in a Higher Interest Rate Environment
This article explores the relevance of leverage in investment strategies amid higher interest rates. The decision to use leverage should be based on the expected returns of assets rather than current interest rates.
The Return Stacking How-To Guide
The implementation of return stacking allows investors to solve some potentially pressing problems faced in portfolio construction. In this article, we explore four case studies that showcase some of the most utilized methods to introduce return stacking to a portfolio.
Tracking Error: Return Stacking versus Replacement
For benchmark-sensitive investors (and, let’s be honest, who isn’t at least a little benchmark sensitive), tracking error is an incredibly important metric. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, tracking error captures the volatility in the difference of returns between your portfolio and its benchmark.
Stacking the Odds in Retirement
In this note, we explore the impact of introducing managed futures, both as a part of the asset allocation as well as a stacked allocation.
Return Stacking and Taxes
This article explores a hypothetical example of a return stacked strategy and how the composition of the strategy can impact the after-tax returns of the portfolio.
The Glide Path Re-Imagined (Part 2)
Discover how glidepaths adapted to individuals combined with diversification and return stacking benefit result in retirement improvement.
The Glide Path Re-Imagined (Part 1)
Given existing capital market assumptions (“CMAs”), how can we develop CMAs for return stacked portfolios?
More Than Enough is Too Much
This piece delves into the strategic utilization of Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA), a method poised to dynamically refine portfolio allocations in tune with market dynamics, presenting a sophisticated alternative to traditional stock/bond portfolio leveraging strategies.