Equities
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Quality street: Why the market may misunderstand the listed infrastructure landscape
Jim Wright, Fund manager for the Premier Miton Global Infrastructure Income Fund highlights why he believes the long-term qualities of the listed infrastructure asset class remain compelling.
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Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Strategy - September 2023
Japan’s Q2 GDP significantly outperformed expectations, soaring to a 6% SAAR* from 3.7% in Q1. This robust performance was primarily driven by a surge in exports, while domestic demand indicators, such as private consumption and imports, contracted. We have revised our 2023 growth forecast up from 1% to 2%, to reflect the Q2 surprise.
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Is the economy in a late-cycle period?
Today’s unconventional economic context continues to confound investors. In this weekly installment of Simply put, we look to history as a guide for the markers defining a late cycle.
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Investing in climate change: Private markets key to real impact
Finding the investment opportunities that can most meaningfully contribute to the fight against climate change means understanding the vital role of private markets.
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Emerging Markets Insights: From BRICS to BRICS+
BRICS expansion: The BRICS summit in South Africa in August announced the expansion of the group to include potentially six new members in early 2024.
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Equity markets frustrate both bulls and bears
Despite some wavering in May, global equity markets have generally remained resilient year-to-date. Most major indexes have held on to gains made in the first quarter of 2023, when markets overcame volatility driven by bank failures in the U.S. and Europe.
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Diversifying + Defensive Equity Approaches
In times when downside risk may lie ahead, a combination of diversifying and defensive equity approaches can potentially improve the probability of achieving positive outcomes.
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Is now the time to consider allocating to US small- and mid-cap growth stocks?
Small- and mid-cap growth indexes today paint a compelling picture. Historically, small- and mid-cap growth equities have demonstrated return potential following bear market periods.
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Will the US equities rally continue?
The blue-chip S&P 500 index was up 3.1% in July. But stronger than expected US jobs data has added to speculation about future interest rate hikes.
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The Short & Long of the AI Rally in Equities
AI is likely to have a major impact on economic productivity and corporate profitability, and—like previous technology paradigm shifts—will likely produce a long list of losers and a short, but growing, list of winners.
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How expensive is the US equity market?
Regardless of whether investors currently have a bearish or bullish view on equities, the big question concerns valuations. Our latest edition of Simply put considers whether US equities are prohibitively expensive at the moment.
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Why ESG Investors Should Look Beyond the Obvious Choices
Companies that are on course to overcome ESG controversies deserve closer attention from investors.
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Getting better all the time?
With improving CPIs, the mood music for investors might be sounding sweeter
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The illiquidity premium in private asset markets
Investing in private assets can lead to higher returns when compared to public markets, at least over the longer term. In this last of our three-part overview* on private asset investing drawn from our recent paper, we look at how private asset outperformance – the illiquidity premium – can be seen as compensating investors for their willingness to lock up capital for five to 15 years, the usual lifecycle of private equity and private debt investments.
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Concentration Consternation
The widening representation of large U.S. stocks in large-cap benchmarks has reduced the benchmarks’ diversification benefit. Investors may want to diversify and seek outperformance by allocating to mid- and small-caps.
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Record Heat, Climate Policies Energize Low-Carbon Investing
New public policies reflect growing urgency to address climate risk, which equity investors should emphasize, too.
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The Case for Derisking Portfolios with Low Volatility Equities
With rates at their highest for the past two decades, and fixed income allocation at the lowest due to the bloodbath for duration in 2022, many pension plans intend to reduce their equity allocation to collect the highest coupons they’ve seen for a long time.
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Emerging Market Opportunities Abound
Many high-quality companies can be unearthed if you are willing to turn over some rocks
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Growth Investing is Not a Race
How to achieve long-horizon equity growth with lower volatility
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Taking Stock
As we reach the halfway point of an unexpected year for markets, what’s next for equities?