Diversification, disruption and dislocation: Unveil the opportunities in Alternatives

03/14/24 • 22 min

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Portfolio Managers from across J.P. Morgan Asset Management to help shed some light on the rapidly growing and increasingly important world of alternatives. These conversations will range from broad overviews of the entire opportunity set, to asset class-specific deep dives across private equities, private credit, real estate and more.

Since 1950, the classic 60/40 stock-bond portfolio has delivered a strong annualized return of 9.3%. However, with elevated valuations across U.S. equities and low bond yields relative to history, returns from public markets may be less impressive moving forward. That said, for those willing to venture outside of the classic 60/40, adding a sea of alternatives to a portfolio can meaningfully improve outcomes and enhance returns. Of course, there are many different types of alternative assets, each with their own distinct characteristics.

For investors, understanding how to leverage these alternative strategies can make the difference between falling short of your long-term goals and surpassing them. For today’s episode, Dr. David Kelly is joined by Pulkit Sharma, Head of Alternative Investment Strategy and Solutions here at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, to discuss the benefits of allocating to alternatives and the opportunities that he’s seeing across alternative asset classes.

For more resources, please visit the Guide to Alternatives.

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For more resources, please visit the Guide to Alternatives.

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Insights Now - Diversification, disruption and dislocation: Unveil the opportunities in Alternatives

Transcript

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Welcome back to Insights. Now, I'm David Kelly, Chief Market Strategist here at JP Morgan Asset Management.

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This episode marks the beginning of our ninth season of Insights now entitled Alternative Realities over the course of the next five episodes. I'll sit down with portfolio managers from across JP Morgan Asset management to help shed some light on the rapidly growing and increasingly important world of alternatives.

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