Buy-side modellers seek ‘Holy Grail’ of investing

When stocks and bonds fell in tandem this year, it sparked a debate about whether a lasting regime shift could be predicted

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Conventional wisdom holds that when stocks zig, bonds zag. The negative correlation between stocks and bonds has underpinned asset allocation models for nearly two decades, spawning the ubiquitous 60/40 portfolio and new variants, such as risk parity strategies.

But when the S&P 500 logged its first major decline of 2018, bonds fell in tandem, fuelling talk of a possible regime shift and raising questions about whether changes in the correlation are predictable.  

“One of the big issues at the

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