NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 11: Traders and financial professionals work at the closing bell on the floorof the New York Stock Exchange on October 11, 2019 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up over 300 points at the close after U.S. President Donald Trump said China and the U.S. reached the first phase of a substantial trade deal. come along every few years. Academics have recently analyzed a number of ways to protect yourself the next time markets hit a big drop.
Finally, the best of both worlds may be taking a deeper look at momentum and quality strategies within your stock portfolio. Both have the potential to augment returns in good markets and can add support in weaker markets.
Have some hard asset based investments, infrastructure is a classic defensive long term strategy. It's pretty old school basic, but hard to come by now, so maybe modern equivalent data centres aren't a bad bet?