April 16, 2021 Given the market performance of equities and bonds during in the coronavirus environment, investors might want to rethink the 60-40 strategy. A common approach to reducing this downside risk is to replace part of the stock and bond exposure with an uncorrelated, or negatively correlated, alternative asset, resulting in something like a 50-30-20 or 40-40-20 portfolio. The issue here is the opportunity cost of replacing a familiar asset class like stocks and bonds with a non-traditional asset class – especially when it underperforms relative stocks and/or bonds. Advisors can deploy an evolved approach to 60/40 and multi-asset investing with the