Markets swung all year. Here's how General Investing portfolios powered by StashAway held up.
21 October 2026The past 12 months threw a lot at markets. Here’s how General Investing portfolios powered by StashAway came through it, and how they’re positioned for what’s next.
Where did that return come from?
From tariff scares and AI jitters to a March sell-off and rising bond yields, the past 12 months tested markets. General Investing portfolios powered by StashAway held stocks, gold, and bonds through all of it, and each had a different job.
- Stocks drove the gains. They were the main source of growth over the past 12 months, led by tech as the AI build-out continued and by cyclical sectors, which tend to do well when the economy is expanding.
- Gold acted as the defence. Usually the defensive holding, it regained some ground after its sharp pullback in the first half of the year and helped cushion the decline in bonds and parts of equity allocations in Q3.
- Bonds were the drag. Rising yields pushed bond prices down, and bonds detracted over the past 12 months. Ultra-short-term US Treasuries cushioned it, since they move far less when rates shift.
What we’re watching next
Our investment team expects growth to hold, inflation to stay elevated, and bond yields to stay higher for longer. Markets may swing between AI-led optimism and worries about government debt.
General Investing by StashAway portfolio doesn’t need to pick a side. We keep it diversified, rebalanced to your risk level, and adjusted as the economy changes.
Even the worst investment timing beats a basic interest rate in the long term
That return came from what was already there. It kept working the whole time, through every headline.
Timing is harder than it looks, and matters less than it feels. Our investment team looked at the unluckiest investor imaginable: someone who invested only at the peak before each of the last four crashes. Over 30 years, $310,000 of deposits still became $1.4 million. The same money left in cash came to $386,000.
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