Compass Watch
As the equity markets continue to reach new highs (positive 200%1 from 2009 lows) and the current yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury hovering around 2.35%1, a number of highly-regarded publications have implied that stocks continue to be the only reasonable place to invest.
Passive investing or stock market indexing—investing in a fund which closely tracks a well-known index—has been one of the most popular trends in history. Little surprise then, that during 2014, investors pulled $98 billion out of active U.S. mutual funds while …
As the equity markets advance to new highs (+145% from their March 2009 low) and bonds appear stodgy by comparison, investors
have begun to wonder if they should continue to hold bonds in their portfolios while major financial media outlets suggest stocks are
the only place to invest.