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U.S. tech giants had a spectacular run over the past decade, but the tide has turned for many of these companies in 2022. We evaluate Big Tech’s descent and discuss the efficacy of building resilient portfolios.

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Momentum is a well-documented investment strategy used across assets, industries and asset classes, as well as style factors. We present an optimized style-timing strategy that accounts for both past performance and the variance-covariance of styles.

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Leading up to and including Nov. 8, Americans will vote for 35 Senate and all 435 of the voting House seats.

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What was spooking investors as the fourth quarter began?

Some feel that proposed regulation in the U.S. could take the history of ESG and retirement plans in a whole new direction.

Assessing inflation higher than many have seen in their working lives requires looking beyond this single piece of the puzzle.

As the second quarter of 2021 drew to a close and the global economy continued to reawaken, the big stories were the resurgence of value, the positive correlation between value and momentum and the potential for inflation. What can history and factor ETF flows tell us about our current conditions?

The MSCI Crowding solution helps active managers analyze their investments compared to the industry as a whole and make informed and timely decisions about potentially crowded or uncrowded trades. It covers multiple dimensions of Crowding including Factor Crowding, Security Crowding and Hedge Fund Crowding.

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The Russian government’s decision on April 29 to pay holders of two dollar-denominated Russian sovereign bonds led to a major rally, encouraging some investors that Russia may avoid default. There are, however, more challenges ahead. 

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