How to Use a Lever 60 40 Portfolio to Your Benefit

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The idea of stacking bonds on top of equities keeps the same risk profile, but those extra bonds serve as a secondary diversifying source of returns. 1.5 times levered 60 40 portfolio did quite poorly in 2022 when stocks and bonds went down at the same time. The other thing you can consider though is well, how can I use this same concept to introduce a new diversifying asset class? NTSX is the ETF from Wisdom Tree that does this.

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Corey Hoffstein, and together they discuss the concept of return stacking, its mechanics, leverage determination, fund selection, and a whole lot more!

Corey Hoffstein is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Newfound Research, which is a quantitative investment and research firm managing strategies that implement Return Stacking concepts.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro.

06:08 - The different types of funds that are available to investors to implement return stacking.

06:19 - What return stacking is and how this strategy works?

10:36 - The different ways this strategy can be implemented and the portfolio solutions it provides.

22:31 - How to decide how much leverage to take, and how much return stacking strategies should make up of the total portfolio allocation?

40:03 - The factors that contributed to the poor performance of certain return stacking ETFs since 2021.

42:55 - The common mistakes investors make when implementing this strategy.

46:01- What factors impact the effectiveness of this strategy?

52:49 - How to mitigate risk when this strategy breaks down?

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