Could you please elaborate on this? The graph I posted of the last 40 years shows bonds on par with stocks. Perhaps I am missing something?
Bonds look great from the early 80's to the mid 00's. No doubt about it. That was the start and end of a massive bond bull market. So if you were incredibly lucky and went 50/50 starting in the early 80's, you've done pretty well for yourself overall!
I got another one for you. Over the last 10 years, Vanguard's Total Bond index has returned 4.5% annually. Over the same time period, Vanguard's Total Stock Market index has returned 8.2% annually. Looks like stocks return twice as much as bonds, time to go 100% stocks!