ClaimsJeremy Grantham

“for the last 10 years the Benchmark-Free Allocation Strategy has delivered 1.7 times the yearly return of Global Asset Allocation Strategy with 10% less volatility.”

Jeremy Grantham, GMO co-founder, letter author April 2012 My Sister's Pension Assets and Agency Problems (GMO)

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Over the last 10 years GMO's Benchmark-Free Allocation Strategy delivered 1.7 times the yearly return of the Global Asset Allocation Strategy with 10% less volatility.

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Jeremy Grantham, “Over the last 10 years GMO's Benchmark-Free Allocation Strategy delivered 1.7 times the yearly return of the Global Asset Allocation Strategy with 10% less volatility.” (said April 2012). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_35dcecc2db0d, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_35dcecc2db0d

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  2. Mostly true Factual January 2016
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  3. Mixed Factual 3 December 2012
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  4. Resolved true Factual 3 December 2012
    “We are solvent, and we have stayed in business.”

    GMO is solvent and has stayed in business.

  5. Mostly true Factual April 2012
    “we were 2 to 3 years early in our calls in both cases.”

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