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The 60/40 benchmark portfolio of US stocks and bonds has rebounded 6.7% year to date after 2022’s deep loss, the deepest since the 1930s. “The tried-and-true 60-40 portfolio lost 17% last year, its worst performance since at least 1937, according to Leuthold Group analysis,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “Even with a 14% gain in the S&P 500 helping the strategy recover in 2023, stocks and bonds have moved in tandem, more over the past three years than any time since 1997, Standpoint Asset Management analysis shows.”