All Equities articles – Page 84
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White papersIn Emerging Markets - If you like growth, buy value
Emerging markets are often lumped together under the acronym ‘GEM’, or global emerging markets. In reality, this is not a homogenous mass of similar companies trading at similar valuations.
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White papersStrategic Relative Value: Q4 2017
A quarterly look at how macro events are driving relative value around the globe.
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White papersGerman Elections: Investment views
The prospects for the German economy will not change dramatically, although there will be a moderate fiscal stimulus.
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White papersConsistent Returns in a Changing World: Managing Political Risk Across Developed Market Equities
A powerful cocktail of economic headwinds, disparities in income between rich and poor, polarisation in beliefs and sporadic ‘lone wolf’ terrorist attacks has conspired to destabilise the political landscape across much of the developed world. Recent elections and referenda have had unforeseen results. Anti-establishment sentiment has flourished. Over recent years political risk has become accentuated, and has arguably not been so acute for a generation. Many of today’s active equity managers investing in developed markets have not faced the challenge of managing such specific political risks before in their investment careers.
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White papersChina: A Green Giant in the Making
China is dropping its focus on “dirty” industrial growth, while making a massive shift toward renewable energy and a less resource-intensive path to economic success. This reorientation could open up substantial opportunities for equity investors.
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White papersFANG Stocks Expose Blind Spots in Risk Models
The investing industry is constantly devising new acronyms and buzzwords. Sometimes these can be dangerous. The rise of the FANG stocks highlights how clusters of stocks may create investing hazards that standard risk models struggle to detect.
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White papersAsia’s ‘great moderation’ holds promise for equities
Soo Nam NG argues that China’s economy is entering a more moderate and stable period, which will benefit Chinese and Asian equity markets.
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White papersVolatility Alert: Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
From nuclear tensions with North Korea to turmoil on the streets of Charlottesville, political risks have been hovering over equity markets again. We think investors should be on alert for a potential resurgence of volatility.
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White papersChina’s upcoming National Congress and the outlook for investors
China’s biggest political event this year, the 19th National Congress, takes place in October or November. In the run-up to the event, the government is maintaining a stable stance that should minimise risk and support investor appetite.
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White papersUS Equity Downturn Fears Deserve Attention
Even amid the midsummer lull, more investors are hunkering down and preparing for a potential correction. As the S&P 500 Index continues its relentless grind higher, we think it’s worth considering proactive steps for a change in the environment.
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White papersUS Equity Downturn Fears Deserve Attention
Even amid the midsummer lull, more investors are hunkering down and preparing for a potential correction. As the S&P 500 Index continues its relentless grind higher, we think it’s worth considering proactive steps for a change in the environment.
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White papersFactor Fitness: Understanding Equity Exposures
Equity factors are increasingly used by investors to help guide their portfolio allocations. So it’s important to have a good grasp of what factors are and how they perform through an economic cycle, in order to invest effectively.
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White papersSouth Korean equities shrug off concerns
A myriad of anxieties has failed to stem this year’s KOSPI surge and now investors are encouraged by a reform-minded new president.
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White papersFive reasons to hold technology stocks
Technology breakthroughs herald a new era in the way we live, work and relate to each other.
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White papersStrategic Relative Value: Q3 2017
A quarterly look at how macro events are driving relative value around the globe.
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White papersIs a US Equity Correction Overdue?
US equity markets continue to march upward, fueling fears of a correction. History suggests that a downturn is overdue. So how should investors prepare?
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White papersChurn is not necessarily burn: debunking the myths of portfolio turnover
Our research challenges the conventional wisdom that portfolio turnover and transaction costs should be minimised, and finds it to be misguided.
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White papersUS Banks: Ready to Emerge from the Storm?
After weathering the global financial crisis and an era of heavy regulation, the US banking sector has gotten what looks to be a clean bill of health. We think this opens a lot of possibilities for equity investors.
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White papersEmerging market assets: Zoom out and re-focus
Emerging market assets well placed to outperform their developed world counterparts but too much attention is devoted to the short term.
