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Market uncertainty, higher yields, turmoil in parts of the banking sector and lack of a clear buying signal has led to ~940 billion flowing into cash related products.1 Help your clients reassess and find opportunities to reinvest.
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An overweight to cash could be costing your clients
Source: Morningstar as of 3/31/23. All money market and bond asset classes represented by their respective Morningstar category average. U.S. stocks represented by the S&P 500 Index. Index performance is for illustrative purposes only. Index performance does not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Reassess your clients’ cash holdings
Money market funds (MMFs) have seen nearly 4x more flows than bond funds year-to-date.2 What many investors don’t realize is that even with elevated yields, domestic MMF performance has generally lagged significantly compared to bonds and equities.
Your clients may be missing out on potential market upside by sitting in cash. Help them stop “rate shopping” and consider reinvesting their excess cash.
Play the long game in equities
Recession fears continue to loom and it’s hard to call a market bottom. Don't let this spook your clients towards cash and potentially miss opportunities to stay invested in equities.
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1 Source: FRED and SIMFUND as of March 31, 2023. Over $940 billion accounts for flows into CDs and Money market funds in the last year.
2 Source: Morningstar. Money market and ETF and mutual fund bond flows from December 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023. MMF assets represented by Morningstar Taxable Money Market Fund Category average.
3 Source: BlackRock, Aladdin. For illustrative purposes only. Data as of March 31, 2023, based on 4,841 portfolios. The benchmark moderate portfolio is comprised of the S&P 1500, ACWI ex-U.S. and BBG Universal indexes. These attributes are calculated for each portfolio as a weighted average of the underlying holdings. The portfolio-level metrics are then averaged in each risk profile cohort to arrive at the numbers.
4 Source: Morningstar as of April 30, 2023. MSCI EAFE® up 11.2%, S&P 500 up 7.9%. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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