Hindsight is 20/20 — or in this case, 2023, which we can now call the year of the recession that never came.
Increasing bond exposure will act as a type of long-term insurance policy by providing steady returns for a portfolio.
"That doesn't mean that we cannot take risks anywhere in financial markets," Pirondini said.
In my portfolio, 4% allocation was to catastrophe bonds last year.
The return was about 20%, one of the best areas of any market, and this year, we are redoing the same asset allocation choice."
Persons:
Marco Pirondini, Amundi, Pirondini
Organizations:
Service, Amundi, New York Stock Exchange, Business