No safe assets over the long run – but some lose less than others
History suggests the best protection comes from diversified investing, including a meaningful allocation to steady stocks
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IMAGINE receiving $1 million today, along with the responsibility to safeguard and grow it over the next decade. Your primary goal: preserve its real value – and ideally increase it. How would you allocate this capital?
There is no straightforward answer. History shows that even the most secure-seeming options carry hidden risks.
Capital at risk, always
US financial data from 1900 to 2024 shows that inflation averaged 3 per cent a year. This means over a century, one dollar eroded to less than four cents – a loss of more than 96 per cent in purchasing power.
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