About this episode

This episode explores the performance of cash versus bonds over the past century and its implications for investment strategies in 2026.

Cash has outperformed bonds for more than a decade. This outperformance has caused many to wonder if they should give up on bonds and put all of their fixed income into cash. In this episode, we'll look back over the past 100 years to see when cash has outperformed bonds, and when bonds have outperformed cash. Then will apply this to a 60/40 portfolio to see what we should be doing today in 2026. Join the Newsletter. It's Free: https://robberger.com/newsletter/?utm...

People in this episode

Host: Rob Berger

Topics covered

• bonds
• cash
• fixed income
• portfolio management
• investment strategy

Keywords

• bonds
• cash
• investment
• portfolio
• financial strategy
• fixed income
• performance

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