All Equities articles – Page 28
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Reasons for Optimism
Caution may be warranted during the uncertainty of the next quarter—but after markets have sold off so much, does it really make sense to be more pessimistic now than at the start of this year?
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Global Investment Views - July 2022
Dramatic price action has taken place over the past weeks in equities and bonds, following hot inflation prints, central bank (CB) actions and rising concerns over economic growth. These events are a reminder of the regime shift, in which we are witnessing the resurgence of stagflationary risks and central banks trying to assert their credibility.
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H2 2022 Investment Outlook - Life above zero: investors’ journey at a time of rising rates
We started the year with expectations of strong growth and high inflation throughout the first part of 2022. The Russia-Ukraine war accentuated the inflationary trend, now well above Central Bank (CB) targets, which is now set to persist longer than expected.
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What will drive financial markets over the next five years?
Dividing a portfolio’s investments more or less evenly between developed market stocks and bonds has proved a rewarding strategy over the past few decades. The annualised return investors have secured by pursuing this approach has been in the high single digits – gains that have come courtesy of steady economic growth, an almost continuous fall in interest rates and inflation, and relatively calm financial market conditions.
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What links impact investing and private equity?
In impact investing, investments can contribute to a measurable positive social and/or environmental impact alongside earning financial returns. In our view, impact investing strategies work particularly well in private equity.
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Will value stocks continue to outperform expensive sector peers?
Value stocks have strongly outperformed their growth sector peers since late 2020, when they became as cheap as they were at the peak of the 2000 tech bubble. Although half of that advantage in valuations is now gone, we believe it still leaves plenty of room for an above-average performance by value stocks, especially when interest rates are rising in developed markets.
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Reimagining Supply Chains: The Investing Challenge
From carmakers to smartphone manufacturers, companies around the world are reorganizing their supply chains amid a wave of disruptions. Equity investors will need to sharpen their analytical tools and engagement skills to determine which businesses are proactively adapting to a new reality.
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Descending From Extremes Is a Rocky Process
To understand the current volatility, it helps to get reacquainted with just how out of whack things were coming into 2022—in terms of both magnitude and timing.
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A look under the surface of the first quarter earnings season
The excellent results of the first quarter also conceal weaknesses. Excluding energy, they remain positive but much less flattering, and companies are wondering about the future. Revisions are now expected to be on the downside, which does not rule out counter-trend rallies. Markets’ behaviour could be tricky. Remain cautious.
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Global Investment Views - June 2022
The second quarter of the year is becoming increasingly painful for tech stocks, recalling memories of the 2000s tech bubble bursting. The repricing of a more aggressive Fed stance has been brutal, real yields rose – the rate on 10-year TIPS has turned positive for the first time since 2020 – and on the nominal yields front, the US 10-year Treasury yield temporarily reached the 3% threshold, falling close to 2.75% on economic growth concerns.
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Capturing Persistent Growth in Volatile Equity Markets
Growth stocks are under acute pressure as rising interest rates change the dynamics that drive equity valuations. But market volatility shouldn’t distract investors. We believe companies that can deliver sustainable growth in a sluggish economy will ultimately be prized for their business benefits and investment return potential.
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Fixing the Internet, One Tweet at a Time
The likelihood that the E.U.’s Digital Markets and Digital Services Acts achieve their aims, and significantly alter the status quo for major internet companies, remains low.
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Market snapshot: Equities tumble as inflation reality bites
The latest US inflation data released this week sent ripples through markets, as investors took stock of the fact that despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts, consumer prices remain stubbornly high.
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Market snapshot: Slowdown fears send equities spinning
Many analysts are revising growth forecasts for China as strict lockdowns in the world’s second largest economy stymie business activity. A soft landing looks increasingly unlikely as central banks struggle to calibrate a policy response that addresses high inflation without killing the economic expansion.
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Environmental markets – Fundamentals will prevail
In their latest market update, Ulrik Fugmann and Edward Lees, co-heads of our Environmental Strategies Group, give their take on the sell-off in equity markets. They reaffirm their positive outlook for environmental stocks whose current valuations do not, in their view, reflect the strong fundamentals of the underlying businesses.
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Headwinds and tailwinds: Who stands to benefit from the new investment landscape?
Recent market events have shaken us all and, although the long-term investment outlook for emerging market equities remains positive, Martin Currie thought it pertinent to revise their outlook in the shorter term.
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Air travel is taking off again
After two years of relatively empty skies, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is an eyewitness to the incredible resurgence of demand for air travel. Faced with long security delays at Dublin Airport, he implored the Irish government to call up the army last month to help process eager travelers flooding the terminals.
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The Great Wave of Yen Weakness
Templeton Global Equity Group highlight that the weaker Japanese Yen is thought of as positive for Japanese businesses with a high degree of exports, but it may not necessarily be as beneficial as many think.
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Allocation Views - May 2022
Our Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team suggest broader supply disruptions that continue to hold consumer price inflation at extremely elevated levels, are key factors fueling aggressive rate hike cycles across developed markets.