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Economic Insight
Dec 13, 2018
Risk assets across financial markets have declined since the beginning of October 2018. It’s important for long-term investors to remember that deviations from their original plan tend to bring comfort in the short term, but disappointment in the long term.
Nov 12, 2018
Stock markets were incredibly calm in 2017 with low volatility and few down days. This year has been different.
Oct 4, 2018
Factor-based investing means considering factor exposures when constructing portfolios. ETFs can be an effective tool to gain exposure to different factors
Aug 30, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed trade tariffs with the intention of restricting free trade, but they are unintentionally causing prices to rise and harming relationships between countries.
Aug 1, 2018
Since 2010, growth stocks have outperformed value stocks by a large margin. However, if cumulative returns are measured over the past 40 years, value stocks hold the advantage. While investment style fads come and go, disciplined, diversified investing will never go out of style.
Jul 18, 2018
While it is not possible to be fully insulated from a market decline, there are effective wealth management strategies that can help investors prosper over the long term.
Jun 27, 2018
After nearly four decades of declining bond yields, there is a credible case to be made that government bonds, particularly U.S. treasuries, are due for a change of course.
May 30, 2018
Recent modelling from the Multi-Asset Management team reveals that despite uncertainty in the short term, there is good news of positive expected returns in every major asset class looking forward.
Apr 27, 2018
What seemed like a Teflon coat protecting U.S. stocks in 2017 is showing signs of wear and tear. The use of an active risk management process can help turn uncertainty and volatility into outcomes that skew the odds favourably.What seemed like a Teflon coat protecting U.S. stocks in 2017 is showing...
Mar 21, 2018
In February 2018, stock markets experienced more volatility in one month than in all of 2017. The strategy of buying any investment at any price may have worked well in 2017 but likely will not work going forward.