Barclays study shows time is right for equities

UK Corporate bonds have easily outperformed UK equities in the past decade, but the relative prices paid to acquire the different asset classes at present mean that investors who skip over boosting their equity holdings will be "looking a gift bourse in the mouth", according to the latest annual Barclays Equity Gilt Study. Since 1992, corporate bonds have provided 8.6% real returns compared to 3.9% from equities – including a loss of –24.5% last year alone, the study says - driven in part by an increasing switch away from equities by life companies. As institutions look away f...