
Worried About a Market Sell-Off? These 10 Funds Reduce Portfolio Risk
03/14/25 • 12 min
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Russ Kinnel, senior principal of ratings for Morningstar Research Services, researched which alternative, equity, and value funds could provide a good hedge during a market sell-off.
What is the Downside Capture Ratio?
Why Funds with A Low Downside Capture Ratio Make Good Diversifiers
How Does a Fund’s Maximum Drawdown Line Up with Its Downside Capture?
Why Savers Should Look for Low-Risk Investments
Floating-Rate Funds to Help Protect a Bond-Heavy Portfolio Against Interest-Rate Risk
Alternative Funds for Diversification
What is Arbitrage?
Large-Blend Funds to Help Preserve Capital
Defensive Large-Value Funds to Consider
A Small-Value Fund That Can Serve as a Good Diversifier
How Can Risk-Averse Investors Get Zero Downside?
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Russ Kinnel, senior principal of ratings for Morningstar Research Services, researched which alternative, equity, and value funds could provide a good hedge during a market sell-off.
What is the Downside Capture Ratio?
Why Funds with A Low Downside Capture Ratio Make Good Diversifiers
How Does a Fund’s Maximum Drawdown Line Up with Its Downside Capture?
Why Savers Should Look for Low-Risk Investments
Floating-Rate Funds to Help Protect a Bond-Heavy Portfolio Against Interest-Rate Risk
Alternative Funds for Diversification
What is Arbitrage?
Large-Blend Funds to Help Preserve Capital
Defensive Large-Value Funds to Consider
A Small-Value Fund That Can Serve as a Good Diversifier
How Can Risk-Averse Investors Get Zero Downside?
What's next is now at the Morningstar Investment Conference. Register now to get to the source for cutting-edge research, expert insights, and thorough analysis. Get tickets here.
Read about topics from this episode.
Subscribe to the FundInvestor Newsletter
How to Diversify Away From Large-Growth Funds
How to Diversify Your Portfolio to Handle a Market Correction
3 Super Risky Low-Risk Funds
A Practical Test for Contrarian Investing: When Should You Go Against the Grain?
Where to Invest in 2025 and Beyond
5 Mistakes to Avoid With Your Investment Portfolio in 2025
Can Growth Stocks Keep Powering the Market Higher?
What to watch from Morningstar.
Gray Divorce: How to Avoid Triggering a Costly Tax Bill
Why the Bond Market Looks Brighter Than It Did in 2022
Where to Find Bargain Stocks in an Expensive Market
These 4 Dividend ETFs Strike the Right Balance for Income Investors
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Where to Find Bargain Stocks in an Expensive Market
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