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Inflation is a key factor in investment strategy, as Wealthfront evaluates asset classes based on their resistance to inflation [1] and their performance within different inflation-driven economic regimes [2]. Furthermore, inflation is used as a benchmark to assess the performance of various asset classes, with cash investments often failing to keep pace with it [3].
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The Relationship Between Risk and Return in Different Asset Classes bi-sam.com 1 fact
claimCash investments typically provide the lowest returns among all asset classes and often fail to keep pace with inflation, creating an opportunity cost.
Wealthfront Classic Portfolio Investment Methodology White Paper research.wealthfront.com 1 fact
procedureWealthfront evaluates asset classes based on long-term historical behavior, risk-return relationships, expected behavior based on secular trends and the macroeconomic environment, correlation with other asset classes, resistance to inflation, ETF implementation costs (expense ratios), and tax efficiency.
Mapping Asset Returns to Economic Regimes: A Practical Investor's ... insight.factset.com 1 fact
procedureThe regime-based investment approach involves sorting historical market data into a manageable set of qualitatively different economic regimes defined by core drivers like growth and inflation, rooting the analysis in fundamental macro factors, and evaluating how broad asset classes behave within those regimes to inform portfolio construction and risk management.