All North America articles – Page 10
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White papersPolitical Brinkmanship
Could U.S. political brinkmanship cause a government shutdown and technical debt default, putting the economy at risk in the fourth quarter?
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Advancing the human capital agenda
For too long, a company’s success has been measured purely by its financial performance. But increasingly, in a social-media world, the success of a business is aligned to the satisfaction of employees. With fewer rights granted to employees in the US than other developed nations, we explain why we are starting a dialogue on the issue of human capital.
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The U.S. Yield Curve inverted, now what?
On March 22, 2019, the U.S. yield curve briefly inverted, with the difference between the three-month and 10-year yields turning negative for the first time since August 2007.
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Debt Ceiling Back in Play
The twin threat of a technical debt default and potential government shutdown could resurface later this year, likely affecting equities and Treasuries.
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Market Resilience: Strength In Numbers
Concerns about where the financial markets are heading are at the forefront of many investors’ minds. The risks of a US or global recession this year continue to persist amid slowing global growth, trade tensions and worries about potential geopolitical shocks.
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Think U.S. cities Q2 2019 outlook
The U.S. economy is expected to grow between 2.0%-2.5% in 2019, slower than that seen in 2018 but strong enough to generate continued demand for real estate.
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Gold in Central Banks’ Asset Allocation
After a long lacklustre period during the 1980s and 1990s, the price of gold has picked up significantly since the new millennium, and central banks, after having steadily reduced their allocation to gold, have resumed their gold purchases.
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Get active about your passive
The evidence is mounting that investors have given up on trying to beat the market in US large caps. For example, Bloomberg recently reported that passively managed large cap US equity fund assets overtook actively managed large cap US equity fund assets at the end of 2018.
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Know what you own: Avoiding shocks in electric power bonds
The US muni power sector is trading at rich levels given good economic growth and a reputation for being safe. Risks to the sector - including bankruptcies - have emerged that highlight the danger of being complacent. To help protect against uncompensated risks, we share aspects of ...
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Blog | Factor valuation considerations
The increasing popularity of factor investing has raised questions about the valuation of factors. As with individual stocks, there is no definitive valuation metric that provides a clear answer, and different valuation metrics may well result in different conclusions. Join Sergiy Lesyk, director of Applied Research at FTSE Russell, to learn more about the merits and pitfalls of different measures and approaches.
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Malled to death: How investors can benefit from the fear of retail property
Retail property has become a bad word. We believe the fear of property labelled “retail” creates opportunity for investors willing to take a closer look.
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The Fed’s Challenge of Squaring the Dots
Since December 2018, the Federal Reserve’s change in stance stabilized the markets, breaking a cycle of tightening financial conditions that threatened the wellbeing of the mature economic expansion.
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University and Hospital Municipal Bonds: Taxable Supply Continues at a Solid Clip
The Build America Bond (or “BAB”) program signed into law on February 17, 2009 broadened the investor base for municipal credit to a global audience. Despite the closing of the BAB program at the end of 2010, the changing economics facing higher education and not-for-profit healthcare have been a catalyst for sustained issuance in these taxable municipal bond sectors.
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Top trends in 2019 – Infrastructure Outlook
This paper focuses on three key themes in Europe and North America to help investors navigate portfolio allocation decisions.
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Trade Deals and Political Realities
Could the USMCA accord among the US, Canada and Mexico, and a potential US-China trade deal get approval from the Democrats-led House of Representatives?
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The Fed Squares the Dots—Markets Yet to be Convinced
The latest Fed meeting saw a continuation of its pivot from tightening (as recently as December 2018) to an extremely patient, if not “on hold,” posture.
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Outlook for US office - changing occupier trends
The future of the office market has been at the subject of much debate and consternation among commercial real estate professionals and investors over the past decade.
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Fed to End Diet
The Fed’s program to shrink its bloated balance sheet post-quantitative easing is drawing to a close earlier than planned as liabilities pose constraints.
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Private Real Estate Debt: the potential for enhance risk-adjusted returns late in the cycle
As the business and real estate cycles continue to mature, exposure to defensively positioned real estate debt strategies may provide investors a more favourable return outcome should economic conditions weaken.
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Fed Shift from “Put” to “Collar” Bodes Well for Spread Product
PGIM Fixed Income discusses the Federal Reserve’s implicit adoption of a “market-collar” approach, becoming more accommodative when markets become too risk averse (the well-recognized “Fed put”) and removing accommodation if markets become too ebullient (the “Fed cap”).
