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  • Is it time for a revival of the value style?

    November 01, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    Following years of divergence between the performance of value and growth style investing, is the recent revival in value here to stay?

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  • Portfolio Construction - Negative-yielding debt reaches $17 trillion

    October 04, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    Negative-yielding debt has taken financial markets by storm, recently reaching an unprecedented $17,000,000,000,000 globally.

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  • Portfolio Construction - Beggar thy neighbour

    September 04, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    The U.S.-China trade war became a potential currency war in August 2019 when China allowed its currency to depreciate to more than 7 yuan per U.S. dollar.

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  • Portfolio Construction - Central Bank Intervention

    July 25, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    Since the financial crisis in 2008-09, the investment landscape has been dominated by one theme: central bank intervention or, more precisely, zero interest rates and increased money supply.

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  • Portfolio Construction - Trade War: What is it Good For?

    June 28, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    At the beginning of the year, an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China was noted as a risk to our outlook, which was that global economic growth is likely to remain positive in 2019, albeit at a much slower pace.

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  • Portfolio Construction - The Power of Zeros

    May 27, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    It has been 10 years since stock markets bottomed in 2008-09 following the financial turmoil caused by excessive leverage.

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  • Portfolio Construction - Seizing opportunities

    May 09, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    Over the first quarter of 2019, global economies continued to slow, Brexit and U.S.-China trade remained uncertain, but the key theme was the pivot in U.S. Federal Reserve policy.

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  • Portfolio Construction - The Fed is the new macro

    April 05, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    Stock markets have rallied significantly and consistently since 2009 when central banks cut interest rates to zero and increased the money supply through quantitative easing (QE) programs. Ten years later, these measures are largely still in place.

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  • Portfolio Construction - This is what it sounds like when doves cry

    March 01, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    Markets roared back in January from December’s steep sell-off. The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 8.7% – it’s best month in a decade. In the U.S., the S&P 500 Index had its best January performance in over 30 years.

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  • Portfolio Construction - What is your outlook for 2019?

    January 29, 2019 • Portfolio Construction

    2018 was a turbulent year for stock markets. The year started strong with most equity indexes reaching new highs in the first quarter.

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