Diversify your portfolio to guard against asset class leadership rotation
Last Update Date: 06-10-2026
Published by Business Standard
Abhishek Kumar's role: Quoted
Abhishek Kumar explained that the periodic table shows mean reversion at work, since the strongest asset in one year often slips the next, and said diversification smooths volatility while avoiding concentration in a lagging asset.
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The article uses a periodic table of calendar-year returns to show how leadership keeps rotating across asset classes such as equities, debt, gold, silver and global stocks. It explains the role of each asset class, warns against recency bias and performance chasing, and makes the case for diversification, a set asset allocation and periodic rebalancing.
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Diversify your portfolio to guard against asset class leadership rotation