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What Are the Best Asset Classes for Active Management?

Wealth Management

The ETF structure then evolved with the advent of active ETFs in 2008, the first one coming out of Bear Stearns, which went under that same year. And more recently, there’s been a proliferation of active ETF products, as asset managers no longer have to provide transparency in these structures.

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Is Risk Listing a Reliable Risk Management Practice?

Risk Management Guru

Risk management can be defined as the “process which aims to help organizations understand, evaluate and take action on all their risks with a view to increasing the probability of success and reducing the likelihood of failure” (Hopkin, 2010, p. Limitations of Risk Listing. Introduction.

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Build a Resilient Investment Strategy With The All Weather Portfolio

Validea

2008 -0.4% -21.0% Validea’s All Weather ETF Model Portfolio as of 6/2/2025 Key highlights: In 2008 , during the global financial crisis, the All Weather Portfolio lost only -0.4% , compared to -21.0% 2008 -0.4% -21.0% 2011 17.6% 2015 -4.2% 2018 -3.6% -2.3% 2022 -19.5% -16.2% 2025 YTD 1.2% for the 60/40. 2011 17.6%

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Stepping on a Rake

Advisor Perspectives

The year 2008 and the subsequent Global Financial Crisis (GFC) stand as a watershed moment in the annals of our capitalist society. It was a bailout prompted by poor capital allocation, deficient risk management, and unchecked greed.

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Midyear Outlook 2022 | Navigating Turbulence | July 12, 2022

James Hendries

So far, this year hasn’t seen a full-blown crisis like 2008–2009 or 2020, but the ride has been very bumpy. GENERAL RISK DISCLOSURES. Investing involves risks including possible loss of principal. No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee return or eliminate risk in all market environments.

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Is Managed Futures The Next Iomega?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

It's tough to see on the chart but the stock got a take- under offer in 2008 for less than $4/share. A popular strategy dropping 95% is far less likely, probably impossible, than a popular stock but something, not sure what, could cause managed futures to severely underwhelm the way MLPs and REITs did during the financial crisis.

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60/40.60?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Two of the three where Portfolio 1 outperformed were 2008 and 2022 which supports the idea of managed futures offering a form of crisis alpha. Actually allocating 60% to some sort of diversifier seems like poor risk management. The 10% weighting to BTAL takes nowhere near the risk of 60% into managed futures obviously.