Summary snapshot below of the absolute performance of Stocks vs Bonds over the past 152 years (1871 – 2021), courtesy of the excellent www.topdowncharts.com
On an annual basis:
- Bonds beat stocks approximately 37% of the time,
- Bonds beat stocks 95% of the time when stocks were down, BUT
- Bonds only beat stocks 14% of the time when stocks were up.
- Bond returns were positive 89% of the time when stocks were also positive.
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