{"id":256693,"date":"2018-07-05T08:29:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T06:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=256693"},"modified":"2018-07-05T08:29:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T06:29:46","slug":"the-assets-which-had-the-highest-returns-in-south-africa-over-the-last-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/256693\/the-assets-which-had-the-highest-returns-in-south-africa-over-the-last-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The assets which had the highest returns in South Africa over the last 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Old Mutual has published a new report focusing on asset class returns in South Africa over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n

The report – which is based on monthly updated data – reflects average returns from local asset classes, as well as inflation and global equity.<\/p>\n

Taking May 2008 as a starting point, Old Mutual found that South African real estate had significant higher returns compared to the other major classes over this time period.<\/p>\n

The other asset classes were relatively similar in their returns however, with a diversified* portfolio, South African bonds, and foreign equity seeing the next highest returns.<\/p>\n

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While real estate may be the obvious winner over the 10 and 15 year time period, this is not as easy to see when looking at the data from a more macro-level.<\/p>\n

Notably foreign equity is currently the asset class with the best returns when looking at the past five years, while holding a diversified portfolio offers good returns over the five, ten and fifteen year periods – despite not necessarily being the ‘best’ option you can choose.<\/p>\n

You can find a complete breakdown of these asset classes over the five, ten and fifteen year periods detailed below.<\/p>\n

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*Diversified returns are calculated using the sectors weighted evenly at 20%.<\/em><\/p>\n

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