Is the Traditional 60/40 Portfolio Truly Dead? Or Just Hibernating?

Over the course of the past year, a number of high-profile investment firms and banks have pronounced that the traditional 60/40 portfolio is dead. Though these statements inevitably caught headlines, from what we can tell, this notion has yet to have become real for many individual investors. 

Here at Halbert Hargrove, we began talking about the death of the 60/40 portfolio several years ago.  We published a market view for our clients and used the term “Death of 60/40” simply because we knew it would cause readers to dive in. But we don’t really believe the 60/40 portfolio is . To our way of thinking, is the best way to view what’s going