All Developed Market articles – Page 2
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UK equities: the song remains the same
Despite the cost-of-living crisis we believe the gloom overhanging the UK economy is overdone UK stocks continue to trade at a discount of around 30% to global equities, which is likely to attract further merger and acquisition acitivity We remain true to our enduring style of high-conviction value investing, ...
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Opportunity Beyond Borders
Putting historical trends into perspective & scouring the globe for attractive investments
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Turning Less into More: How to Improve Equity Outcomes by Reducing Risk
In a world of macroeconomic and market uncertainty, the fear of losing money may deter investors from seeking to capture equity return potential. Is there a way to stay confident when volatility strikes?
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Beyond Fundamentals: Beauty Care & Cosmetics
As long-term investors, why do we see global beauty care leaders as attractive opportunities for growth? Jeff Mueller, portfolio manager & analyst for Polen’s Global Growth strategy, explains.
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European Equities Sustainability Report
With the electric vehicle market close to an inflection point, the European Equities team explain why exposure through suppliers involved in the electric transition is the best way to play the EV theme.
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Asset Class Return Forecasts - Q2 2023
The effect of the fast-paced Quantitative Tightening (QT) embraced by Developed Market (DM) central banks (CB) is materialising across two fronts: price dynamics and financial stability.
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Update on India: Time to take another look
India’s stock market has underperformed global markets overall as well as some of its emerging market regional peers so far this year. However, there are signs that perhaps the tide has turned, and investors may be taking another look.
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Emerging Markets Charts and Views - Springtime for Emerging Markets
While 2022 was a challenging year for Emerging Markets, amid the Fed’s aggressive response to high inflation, we are more constructive for 2023 across four main themes
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Q2 2023 Strategic Investment Outlook: Balancing the Strategic and the Tactical
Balancing different time horizons always presents challenges. It may be intellectually ugly to hold different positions over short horizons and long horizons, but sometimes the macro setup suggests it’s the right way to proceed.
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Equity Outlook: Banks Deliver Message on Hidden Rate Risks
Global equities were volatile in the first quarter, as turmoil in the banking sector jolted markets. While swift regulatory action helped stem contagion, the crisis dented investor confidence in a fragile market environment and has sharpened awareness of risks created by a new interest-rate regime.
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Low risk equity strategies without interest rate sensitivity
Many low risk equity strategies, e.g. minimum variance strategies, exhibit a negative exposure to changes in interest rates which can be explained by their strong overweight in interest rate sensitive sectors such as utilities. These sector biases are, however, not needed.
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Low volatility equities: the bursting of a bubble or just interest rate exposure?
The MSCI World Minimum Volatility Index has had a very poor run of performance recently. In absolute terms the index generated a negative cumulative performance of minus 5.7% for the period from 1 July 2016 through 30 November 2016. Over the same period the MSCI World Index generated a positive return of 4.3%.
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Equity Opportunities After Easy Money
Why we think market conditions swung behind value, quality and smaller stocks in 2022, and have done so for the long term.
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One Bad Apple? Or More to Come?
Several of Allspring’s equity portfolio managers voice their views on the state of the U.S. banking industry in the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.
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Interest rates do not need to rise much further in Europe
Paul Doyle, Head of Large Cap European Equities, looks at the green shoots in Europe, despite ongoing higher inflation and mixed signals on the strength of the economy
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European 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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Structural Themes Shaping the Opportunity in ASEAN Equities
Favorable demographics, combined with a number of unique investment themes, are creating a positive backdrop for ASEAN’s equity markets.
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Why the next five years belongs to US SMID
The Equities team explain why, against a backdrop where the US economy is likely to ‘muddle through’, there are exciting investment opportunities in the US SMID space.
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Reimagining Growth: A Market Beyond Mega-Caps
US growth stocks were hit hard in last year’s downturn, with the mega-caps accounting for nearly half of the market’s decline. Now, the changing contours of the market mean investors can capture a broader array of recovery candidates while incurring less benchmark risk.
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5 trends driving energy markets in 2023
Is there more fuel in the tank for energy stocks?