BoA: 50% of S&P 500 Could Be Extinct Within A Decade

At the beginning of 2017, JP Morgan published a report on the importance of diversification. The report was astonishing because it laid bare the sheer difficulty investors face picking winners. Between 1980 and 2014, roughly 40% of all stocks in the Russell 3000 suffered permanent 70% declines from their peak values. Further data shows two-thirds of all stocks underperformed vs. the Russell 3000 Index, and for 40% of all stocks, their absolute returns were negative, but the worst is yet to come thanks to the growth of collaborative consumption Aka The sharing economy  .  High Yield Is The Best Asset…