All Equities articles – Page 40
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White papersThe Recovery Can Still Rely on Europe’s Support
While uncertainties around COVID are maintaining the risk-off sentiment, the U.S. 10-year yield jumped after the U.S. retail sales print.
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White papersFor sustainability, diversification and upside potential: US value equities
It’s payback time for investors who have been seeing a return to favour of the equity value investment style after years of underperformance versus growth stocks. A sustainable investing approach in value equities can enable investors to benefit from attractive valuations of responsibly managed companies that can deliver steady long-term returns.
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Research ReportAsset Allocation: Think portfolio construction
Using a factors-first lens to find opportunities in today’s alternatives market
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White papersGlobal Recovery: Delayed Not Derailed
More than most Septembers, spring seems like a long time ago. Beyond nature’s promise of new growth, investors basked in a world on its way to reopening. Since then, spiking contagion, lingering bottlenecks, and a Chinese slowdown have raised fears of a gloomy winter ahead.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - September 2021
Equities have remained buoyant over the past weeks despite some challenges (China regulation, Afghanistan crisis), primarily due to the exceptional earnings seasons in the US and Europe. Looking ahead, we identify three main themes: the spread of the Delta Covid variant, the deceleration of economic growth from its peak, and divergences in policies.
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Webinar10 Trends shaping the future of Emerging Markets
The emerging market universe today looks very different to that of the 1990s. Domestic inflationary pressures that were once these countries’ weak points have generally steadily reduced. While government debt has risen, it looks manageable in comparison with the significant rise in the debt levels of developed countries.
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White papersWhat does heightened China risk mean for investors?
In July, China’s equity market suffered one of its worst monthly declines in a decade amid escalating regulatory pressures. The steep fall has raised concerns about the risks and outlook for investing in Chinese equities.
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White papersAre emerging markets on the cusp of a dividend boom?
EM dividends have remained steady even as global pay-outs were decimated by the pandemic. Here are the factors driving EM’s strong dividend growth potential.
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PodcastThinking Big When It Comes to Small Caps
The word volatility is not something that’s foreign to the small-cap market. However, with the rise of the meme stock phenomenon making headlines earlier this year, many people around the world have likely been keeping their eyes out for unique opportunities in the market. But when it comes to small caps, what other investment tools might be available to new and seasoned investors alike?
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White papersTrading the Vaccine Curve
Today, as many economies approach the final stages of their COVID-19 vaccination programs, unlocking activity hard hit by lockdowns, their experience provides an important guide for investors as to how other countries, further behind with their vaccination programs, may perform in coming quarters.
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White papersAsia Game Theater Update: Long Chinese Equities
We’ve recently updated our Asia game theater, and although these changes partly reflect the recent regulatory crackdown in China, our update was independent of recent Chinese equity market volatility.
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White papersChina Policy Moves Strengthen the Case for the Local Market
China’s regulatory reforms may be disruptive in the short term, but we see long-term positives.
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White papersShould Today’s “Buy the Dip” Equity Trend Guide a Multi-Asset Strategy?
Under normal circumstances, most investors are momentum chasers and liquidity takers. They buy when markets do well and sell on the way down. But the last 18 months have been far from normal for just about everything, especially investors’ equity buying and selling habits. The buy-low/sell-high paradigm has been uniquely tested in 2021, and investors are jumping in during selloffs almost as enthusiastically as during rebounds.
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Research ReportSDG Engagement Equity: 2021 H1 Report
Launched in January 2018, the Federated Hermes SDG Engagement Equity Fund has the dual purpose of delivering attractive returns and measurable real-world impact.
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White papersTime Is Money - Restoring Investor Confidence in Long-Term Cash Flows
As equity style winds shift, investors are still debating the merits of growth versus value stocks. But we believe quality remains the essential focal point, especially amid a low interest-rate environment that has changed the math behind company valuations.
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White papersMain themes for investing in Chinese equity over the summer and beyond
All eyes are on the recent tightening of regulations for tech and education companies by Beijing and on possible new measures that could affect other sectors. Under this regulatory pressure, the Chinese market has underperformed both MSCI DM and MSCI EM indices following a strong performance in 2020.
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White papersMarkets Take Fed’s Step to Tapering In Stride
While seemingly unremarkable, the Federal Reserve arguably had a very successful transition meeting today: it managed to take an uneventful step towards tapering bond purchases. Our view has been that tapering by year end is likely, and today’s meeting has moved the Fed one step further in that direction.
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White papersCLO equity: Where does it fit in investor allocations?
CLO equity has garnered increasing levels of investor interest, primarily due to the potential for high returns driven by a robust yield profile – a relative rarity in today’s low-yield investment landscape.
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White papersOut of the Shadows: The rise of emerging Asia
Emerging Asia’s stocks and bonds have experienced a lost decade. In the past 10 years, their returns, in US dollar terms, have lagged those of global indices by a considerable margin. And that is despite the fact that these economies accounted for about 70 per cent of world GDP growth over that period.
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White papersSummer Boom Meets COVID Concerns
Technical factors, perceived Fed hawkishness, the Delta variant, and U.S. infrastructure talks led to a volatile week in markets, which should remain near-term amid COVID concerns and until monetary policy clears up in fall. Solid economic data supports our strong-growth outlook.
