{"id":50691,"date":"2025-10-06T09:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T02:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/morgan-stanley-recommends-conservative-crypto-allocation-for-some-portfolios\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T09:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T02:46:50","slug":"morgan-stanley-recommends-conservative-crypto-allocation-for-some-portfolios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/vi\/morgan-stanley-recommends-conservative-crypto-allocation-for-some-portfolios\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Stanley recommends 'conservative' crypto allocation for some portfolios"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The financial services company recommended modest crypto allocations for balanced risk and high-growth portfolios with periodic rebalancing. <\/p>\n

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Financial services giant Morgan Stanley issued guidelines for crypto allocations in multi-asset portfolios, recommending a \u201cconservative\u201d approach in an October Global Investment Committee (GIC) report to investment advisors.<\/p>\n

Analysts at Morgan Stanley recommended up to a 4% allocation for cryptocurrencies in \u201cOpportunistic Growth\u201d portfolios, which are structured for higher risks and higher returns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The analysts also recommended up to a 2% allocation for \u201cBalanced Growth\u201d portfolios featuring a more moderate risk profile. However, the report recommended a 0% allocation for portfolios oriented toward wealth preservation and income. The authors wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the emerging asset class has experienced outsized total returns and declining volatility over recent years, cryptocurrency could experience more elevated volatility and higher correlations with other asset classes in periods of macro and market stress.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Morgan Stanley GIC guidelines for maximum crypto allocations in investment portfolios. Source: <\/em>Hunter Horsley<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hunter Horsley, CEO of investment manager Bitwise, called<\/a> the report \u201chuge\u201d news. \u201cGIC guides 16,000 advisors managing $2 trillion in savings and wealth for clients. We’re entering the mainstream era,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Morgan Stanley\u2019s report reflects the growing institutional adoption and acceptance of crypto<\/a>, particularly among large banks and financial services companies, which attracts more capital into the crypto markets and cements crypto\u2019s legitimacy as an asset class.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/strong><\/em>E*Trade to add Bitcoin, Ether, Solana in Morgan Stanley\u2019s crypto expansion<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Morgan Stanley report calls Bitcoin digital gold as BTC hits new all-time high<\/h2>\n

Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>), which the Morgan Stanley analysts view as a \u201cscarce asset, akin to digital gold,\u201d continues to gain institutional adoption as a treasury reserve asset<\/a> and through investment vehicles like exchange-traded funds<\/a> (ETFs).<\/p>\n

The price of Bitcoin hit a new all-time high<\/a> of over $125,000 on Saturday, as BTC exchange balances, the number of coins held by exchanges available for purchase, hit a six-year low, according to data from Glassnode<\/a>.<\/p>\n