“In a rising market, everyone makes money”; however, it is in a volatile recessionary environment where uncertainty abounds that historically effective investment strategies are truly tested. In these volatile environments, an appetite for risk and rapid growth is often substituted with a desire for fundamentals driven stability and superior risk-adjusted returns. The extreme market dislocation caused by COVID-19 has incentivized investors to reevaluate their portfolios and reassess their market risk. As the recession grips the equity and debt markets, this whitepaper explores how alternative asset classes, particularly multifamily real estate, can add increased stability to a portfolio in a highly volatile macro environment.
