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effect on bond asset allocation if equity markets crash?
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i agree that the cause of the crash can make a huge difference in the effect on the bond market. here's a few other possibilities: all that to say that there's no definitive answer as to how the bond market will respond to an equity crash.  bonds are much more highly correlated to equities lately, but that could be due to much lower interest rates pushing more of the risk of bonds to the credit worthiness of the issuer, increasing correlation.
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