All Commentary articles – Page 39
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White papersCrisis Management: Investment Analytics Update
The Investment Analytics team provides ongoing analytics and investment risk oversight for client portfolios. This note discusses the team’s rapid response to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
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White papersJittery markets fear return of bigger rate rises
Markets have begun to price in a 50bps rate rise by the Fed in March but are awaiting key economic data which will reveal if the US economy has started to slow.
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White papersHow dangerous are 0DTE options?
The tell-tale signs are present: high trading volumes, retail investor buy-in and bloggers competing with Wall Street technicians for airtime. Is the craze for 0DTE – zero-day-to-expiry – options fomenting a meltdown on the scale of 2018’s ‘Volmageddon’?
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White papersESG Viewpoint: The challenges of realising zero-carbon cement
Can cement emissions be curbed, while still allowing for crucial infrastructure growth?
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PodcastThe Chatbot Phenomenon
Artificial Intelligence has been evolving for decades with the ultimate goal of enhancing our everyday lives. Some of the most recent iterations, such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, are the most advanced and human-like AI models we’ve seen yet.
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White papersFrom Traditional to Sustainable Growth
This article is a 360-degree analysis of the growth investment concept. Academics generally circumscribed it to a mere anti-value status. We show that growth-oriented stocks not only present the characteristic of being expensive and over-priced.
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White papersAre Cheap Burgers in Emerging Markets a Good Sign for Investors?
Investors in emerging markets (EM) have endured a decade of poor performance. But things may be changing. Based on The Economist magazine’s data comparing hamburger prices across countries, many EM currencies look cheap today—as they did 20 years ago before an extended rally of EM stocks and bonds.
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VideoClimate and women: a disproportionate impact
The more frequent and severe weather events resulting from climate change cause shortages of clean air, water, food and shelter. This puts all of humankind at risk, but climate change is not gender neutral.
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White papersAre equities attractive now?
In the latest instalment of Simply put, where we make macro calls with a multi-asset perspective, we run different scenarios on equity pricing in the current environment.
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PodcastInternational Women’s Day: Elevate to Be More
Christine Collins and Tyndale Brickley, co-leads for the Allspring Women’s Connect Group, speak with COO Sallie Squire about her career and the impact of mentors influencing the next generation of women leaders.
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White papersNearshoring opportunities brighten Mexico’s outlook
As companies look to relocate business operations closer to home, Mexico’s close proximity to the US suggest the central American country will benefit significantly from this shift.
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White papersEuropean equities are favoured in a fragile earnings outlook
“The greater resilience of profits enabled the European market to remain cheaper than the US one.”
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White papersUkraine: one year on but no end in sight
After 12 months of fighting further action is needed from the west to prevent a balance-of-payments crisis and to support the reconstruction costs faced by Ukraine
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VideoOutlook for China: When one door opens…
In our latest video insight, Silvia Dall’Angelo, Senior Economist, identifies the biggest opportunities and challenges faced by China’s economy on the road to reopening.
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White papersRoving recession to staggered recovery?
In this monthly series, we take a quick, comprehensive look at current macroeconomic themes that matter to clients.
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White papersCIO views: a new era of finding alpha
Uncertainty from higher interest rates, mixed data and geopolitical risk is fuelling more volatility. How is active management even more relevant in the current context? Are the former winners gone? Is this a new era of finding alpha?
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White papersStagflation Haze
The world is grappling with a combination of once in a generation shocks, producing an uncertain and complex economic landscape.
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White papersEquity-bond correlations: was 2022 an outlier?
Should we be shocked? Negative equity and bond returns in 2022 provided further evidence that annual performance by the asset classes is not as uncorrelated as commonly believed. How frequently do these so-called ‘outlier’ years occur, and how can investors with long-beta portfolios be better prepared?
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VideoHealthcare Stocks Can Help Lower Inflation’s Fever
”I think one of the benefits of investing in healthcare is that these companies have inelastic demand. If you need a new heart valve, inflation isn’t going to impact that decision.”
