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The primary concern for investors is whether Bitcoin is actually worth the risk of adding to their portfolios.
As seen this month, with the risk of highs and lows so rampant, some investors have claimed to be put off the currency, including Gerald Moser - chief market strategist at Barclays Private Bank - who has continued to argue against investment in Bitcoin.
Speaking after Bitcoin s peak this year, he concluded that it was nigh on impossible to forecast its price, making it almost uninvestable from a portfolio perspective .
According to Financial News, Mr Moser added: With spikes in volatility that are multiples of that typically experienced by risk assets such as equities or oil, many would probably throw the cryptocurrency out of any portfolio in a typical mean-variance optimisation.”
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It s rare for top asset management firms to share their take on bitcoin outside of client notes and meetings.
We asked four legacy and investing heavyweights to answer five burning investor questions on the asset as the price skyrockets.
All four firms - Rathbones, Fidelity Digital Assets, Mirabaud Securities and Barclays Private Bank - have seen a surge in client questions on bitcoin.
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While it is nigh on impossible to forecast an expected return for bitcoin, its volatility makes the asset almost “uninvestable” from a portfolio perspective. With spikes in volatility that are multiples of that typically experienced by risk assets such as equities or oil, many would probably throw the cryptocurrency out of any portfolio in a typical mean-variance optimisation.