Diversify & build passive income with a multi-asset strategy
Diversification has often been taken for granted by investors, but there is more to diversification than simply combining bonds and stocks. A multi–asset portfolio offers exposure to a broad number of asset classes and may invest in a number of traditional equity and fixed income strategies, index–tracking funds, financial derivatives as well as alternative investments. This flexibility and diversity allow portfolio managers to potentially balance risk with reward to deliver steady, long–term returns for investors.1
In the current environment with renewed bouts of market volatility and rising correlations between bonds and stocks, traditional balanced portfolios may be riskier than they appear.2 According to George Efstathopoulos, multi–asset portfolio manager at Fidelity International, multi–asset funds help to address gaps in traditional balanced funds by offering the ability to invest in new markets, especially as domestic markets fail to offer the returns clients desire.3
Here we have compiled a list of five multi–asset funds that is popular with both retail and institutional investors (ranked by Fund Size).
Of the five funds, the one that stands out is of course the JPMorgan Global Income A fund which was first launched in June 2001 and has garnered an impressive US$31.2 billion in Asset Under Management (AUM). Its top three stock holdings are currently Coca–Cola (0.6%), Verizon Communications (0.6%) and Merck & Co (0.5%), and the portfolio has about 55.5% allocation in United States, 20.5% in Europe ex–UK and the rest allocated elsewhere globally.
You will also notice that many multi–asset funds pay dividends on a monthly frequency to suit the needs of retirees and the desire of the Asian investor to generate passive income. Annual dividend yields are also within a reasonable and sustainable range of 4.0% to 5.5% to avoid paying down from principal yet attractive enough to meet investors' thirst for income with some level of capital appreciation.
Just to put things in perspective for illustration purposes, if you managed to squirrel away and accumulate a portfolio of $1,000,000 that generates a 4.0% dividend yield, that works out to be about $40,000 a year or $3,333 a month!
Of course, if you don't have a million dollars today, you can also kick start a Regular Savings Plan (RSP) and invest monthly into a portfolio of multi–asset funds to slowly build your retirement nest egg.
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Information is correct as of 09/01/2020.