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1:1:1 Allocation Anchor

The 1:1:1 allocation anchor is vol.124.信息过载后如何保持冷静? | 投资账复盘’s source-scoped portfolio rule after the host’s investable assets expanded. It divides the portfolio into three roughly equal roles: China-related offensive assets, cash-like defensive assets, and assets that can provide current or potential passive income or hedge monetary debasement.

The first sleeve includes Chinese or China-related equities, funds, and some option exposure. The second sleeve includes cash-like assets such as [[USTreasury|U.S. Treasuries]] and dollar money-market funds that provide defense, yield, and buying power. The third sleeve includes [[GoldMonetaryAnchor|gold]], [[RealEstateInvestmentTrust|REITs]], structured notes, overseas distressed-asset products, and other assets that may support Retirement Cash-Flow Security or hedging.

The episode stresses that this is not a mathematically optimized allocation. Its value is behavioral: the anchor tells the investor how much risk capacity remains, when cash can be deployed, and whether a new trade still fits the desired life state under the Sleep-Well Portfolio Test / 睡眠理论.

Key Claims

  • Allocation ratios can work as behavior anchors even when they are not efficient-frontier outputs.
  • Cash-like assets are not dead weight when rates are high enough and future buying opportunities are plausible.
  • Passive-income and hedge sleeves can reduce dependence on a single equity-market thesis.
  • The rule resembles Barbell Strategy but adds a middle income-or-hedge sleeve rather than a pure safe/risky split.

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