Fisher Investments Founder Ken Fisher Debunks: Bonds Are Safer Than Stocks

Fisher Investments’ founder, Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer Ken Fisher debunks the common myth that bonds are safer than stocks. Ken says bonds can be safer in the short term, but over the long term stocks deliver a materially better outcome for investors relative to bonds.
Ken notes that investing in bonds is not as risk-free as some may think. In periods of higher inflation, like the current period, bonds lose value as interest rates rise. Looking at rolling historical returns, any period beyond three years tends to favor stocks. Looking at longer periods such as 20 or 30 years, Ken says the evidence to own stocks is overwhelming. Ken believes that most people invest to achieve long-term goals and should therefore have healthy exposure to stocks rather than a primary focus on bonds’ short-term stability.
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