
Allocation
Cash as an Asset Class: What It Actually Does
Cash is the portfolio's liquidity layer: near-zero price risk, a yield that follows policy rates, and a documented long-run cost that frames the allocation…
Allocation covers the decisions made before any security is chosen: how much sits in each asset class, how far weights may drift before correction, and what rebalancing costs in taxes and spreads. Suited to investors who accept that structure explains more of a result than any individual pick.
The structural layer of a portfolio: setting target weights, choosing rebalancing bands, correcting drift, and what each move costs in tax and spread.

Cash is the portfolio's liquidity layer: near-zero price risk, a yield that follows policy rates, and a documented long-run cost that frames the allocation…