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Author: | Dybvig, P. H. |
Title: | Using asset allocation to protect spending |
Journal: | Financial Analysts' Journal
1999 : JAN/FEB, VOL. 55:1, p. 49-62 |
Index terms: | Assets Allocation Portfolio management Stock markets Strategy |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The management of an educational endowment or other income-producing portfolio involves two strategic decisions at the fund level: asset allocation and choice of a spending level. Traditionally, these two decisions are linked, e. g., to preserve capital on average, but the optimal link would be more dynamic. In this article, a new protective strategy is described linking spending and asset allocation in a way that preserves spending power in down markets but participates significantly in up markets. The strategy is similar to constant proportions portfolio insurance, in that part of the fund is maintained in safe assets to preserve the value needed for continued expenditures. Like portfolio insurance, the strategy outperforms traditional strategies when markets are persistently up or persistently down but underperforms when portfolios are whipsawed by alternating ups and downs. |
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