- Jon Maier, the CIO at Global X, is an ETF titan whose strategies earned the “Maier models” nickname.
- He recommends building a balanced portfolio with a mix of standard asset allocation and the future.
- He broke down the steps to constructing a portfolio for the current market environment.
Investors around the world are taking a second look at their portfolios, evaluating their collection of assets, and deciding whether to make changes as they prepare for an eventful year.
The market backdrop is unfamiliar to investors: A new American administration is simultaneously tackling climate change and COVID, guiding a speedy vaccine rollout, managing expectations for a full economic reopening, and dishing out a record amount of fiscal stimulus that could total $4.8 trillion in pandemic relief.
However, Jon Maier, the chief investment officer of Global X ETFs, recommends a nicely balanced portfolio that can benefit from this unprecedented environment. He used to pick ETFs for Merrill Lynch investment portfolios, which earned the nickname “Maier models” because they were so popular on Wall Street.