Why it is wise to add bitcoin to an investment portfolio

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Bitcoin tends to move independently of other assets, making it an excellent potential source of diversification

The theory posits that a rational investor should maximise his or her returns relative to the risk they are taking. It follows, naturally, that assets with high and dependable returns should feature heavily in a sensible portfolio. But Mr Markowitz’s genius was in showing that diversification can reduce volatility without sacrificing returns. Diversification is the financial version of the idiom “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Consider the mix of assets a sensible investor might hold: geographically diverse stock indexes; bonds; a listed real-estate fund; and perhaps a precious metal, like gold. The assets that yield the juiciest returns—stocks and real estate—also tend to move in the same direction at the same time. The correlation between stocks and bonds is weak , yielding the potential to diversify, but bonds have also tended to lag behind when it comes to returns.

This might explain its appeal to some big investors. Paul Tudor Jones, a hedge-fund manager, has said he aims to hold about 5% of his portfolio in bitcoin. This allocation looks sensible as part of a highly diversified portfolio. Across the four time periods during the past decade that Buttonwood randomly selected to test, an optimal portfolio contained a bitcoin allocation of 1-5%.

 

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'The cryptocurrency might be highly volatile, but during its short life it also has had high average returns. Importantly, it also tends to move independently of other assets: since 2018 the correlation between Bitcoin and stocks of all geographies has been between 0.2-0.3.'

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What an interesting turn of events! Would ve never expected a headline like this from FT or Economist. What's the catch? Are you just trying to drive a wedge in crypto community so it is easier for Mr. Gensler to 'divide & conquer' later?

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Is The Economist hedging against its own demise?

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Lmao one week it’s horrible and the next week it’s good. Economist is moody af 😂 It is clearly trying to figure out what type of stories its readers prefer when it comes to bitcoin.

Did you have a change of heart?

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Bitcoin is not a potential source of diversification, it’s the hardest and only decentralized money ever invented. Act accordingly

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A globalist elite magazine shilling Bitcoin ? When their narrative has been to hate it.

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This kind of worries me. A positive article about BTC in the MSM ? Is this real life?

nice April fool joke

Oh boy, how things change… I’m old enough to remember this

Now do this analysis backtested 100 years

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reverse psychology?

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Blink twice if you’re under duress

I’m stunned at how accurate this headline is for a change

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horrible

BACKED BY NOTHING!! It's just air....something 100% based on 'confidence'.....and what till it runs out.

allstarcharts do tweets count the same as magazine front covers in calling tops and bottoms? 😂

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