RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Regime-Based Versus Static Asset Allocation: Letting the Data Speak JF The Journal of Portfolio Management FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 103 OP 109 DO 10.3905/jpm.2015.42.1.103 VO 42 IS 1 A1 Peter Nystrup A1 Bo William Hansen A1 Henrik Madsen A1 Erik Lindström YR 2015 UL https://pm-research.com/content/42/1/103.abstract AB Regime shifts present a big challenge to traditional strategic asset allocation. This article investigates whether regimebased asset allocation can effectively respond to changes in financial regimes at the portfolio level, in an effort to provide better long-term results than more static approaches can offer. The authors center their regime-based approach around a regime-switching model with time-varying parameters that can match financial markets’ tendency to change behavior abruptly and the fact that the new behavior often persists for several periods after a change. In an asset universe consisting of a global stock index and a global government bond index, they show that, even without any level of forecasting skill, holding a static portfolio may not be optimal.TOPICS: Statistical methods, portfolio management/multi-asset allocation