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Bonds to stage comeback as hedge for stock losses, investors say

After the biggest loss for 60/40 portfolios since the global financial crisis, better days may lie ahead for the trillion-dollar complex of balanced investment strategies.
The Fearless Girl, a bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal, stands across from the New York Stock Exchange in the Financial District of New York on December 30, 2022. | Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
The Fearless Girl, a bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal, stands across from the New York Stock Exchange in the Financial District of New York on December 30, 2022. | Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
By Tatiana Darie / Bloomberg

Amid optimism that inflation has peaked, more than 60% of 610 respondents to the latest MLIV Pulse survey are betting stocks and bonds will move in opposite directions this year — re-establishing a time-honored relationship that has powered pension and endowment funds over the past two decades.

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