FYI: Following the stock market crash of 2007-2009 I witnessed a number of large institutional investors rush out to find strategies that could provide cover from tail risks and offer protection against downside volatility. Most of these strategies were far too complex and expensive to ever work as intended and the results disappointed as these investors were caught fighting the last war.
Decreasing portfolio volatility doesn’t have to be a complex endeavor. Here are some simple ways to potentially decrease the overall volatility of your portfolio from a piece I wrote for Fortune.
Regards,
Ted
http://awealthofcommonsense.com/2019/07/3-ways-to-decrease-your-portfolios-volatility/