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Medium. During a period of expansion, stocks should significantly improve a fund's performance.
Conversely, during a period or recession, bonds should play this role by attenuating the negative impact of declining
rates on the fund's performance. Very important in respect of funds of this type is the selected investment strategy,
which determines the investment options of a portfolio manager. For instance, very conservative balanced funds that invest
into money market instruments and bonds are similar to the respective funds that use these investment vehicles.
In contrast, highly dynamic balanced funds may at certain times have 100% of their assets invested in stocks, having
the same performance and being exposed to the same risks as stock funds. |