While I won’t pretend to have any special insight into the Greek drama that is modern day Washington, for now my bias would be to stick with gold. Most risk estimates still suggest gold has a low to negative correlation with most asset classes, suggesting a mid-single digit allocation in most portfolios. Yes, a positive surprise out of Washington would arguably hurt gold. But for now I would prefer to bet on gold’s diversifying properties rather than political stability.
Russ Koesterich, CFA, is portfolio manager for BlackRock’s Global Allocation team.