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Seeking Defensive Yield in Emerging Markets and AsiaAs we highlighted in a recent post, minimum volatility strategies have outperformed this year to date amid unrest in financial markets.
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Small cap allocations may not be that straightforwardThe low size factor, or the premium that has been historically realized by investing in smaller sized companies over longer time periods, forms an integral component of many institutional portfolios. However, investors can choose different ways to making a low size allocation.
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How Pure is your Value?Among the reasons that value firms sell at a discount to their intrinsic worth is that they tend to be more sensitive to shocks in gross domestic product compared with their growth counterparts. That may occur because of leverage, deployments of capital, risk-taking or something else that constrains value firms' abiliity to adapt to macroeconomic stresses.
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Integrating ESG into Factor PortfoliosOver the past decade, many long-term institutional investors have incorporated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations into their portfolios, by creating segregated ESG mandates or by incorporating ESG criteria across the entire portfolio.
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Return of the CyclicalsU.S. equity investors in 2016 experienced a roller coaster ride. The U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union and the U.S. presidential election each resulted in sharp market moves. Together, the two events contributed to a shift in the underlying fabric of equity markets starting in the second half of the year.
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A smoother ride? Looking at factor-based asset allocationOn the surface, holding-based asset allocation appears to produce stability. But is what you see always what you get? We investigate the pros and cons of a factor-based approach.
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Markets in Focus: DeepSeek Shakes up AI and Investment Quality PrevailsU.S. markets declined in the first quarter amid souring consumer sentiment, inflation and tariff headlines and disruption from China’s low-cost DeepSeek model. We explore global markets responses to trade tensions and why investment quality may be a pivotal risk factor in the AI race.
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Can Alpha be Captured by Risk Premia?Traditional investment thinking posits that alpha depends on the active decisions of portfolio managers. The search for alpha is daunting, however, because even the best analysis can be upended if the market draws a different conclusion. In addition, geopolitical and macroeconomic events can change the market environment without warning.
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The Value Factor Marks A Decade of DisappointmentCall it a lost decade. The value factor recently marked 10 years of decline in the U.S.
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What Matters for Investors in the Long RunInvestors who aim to understand what drives returns over the long run might look to the Land of the Midnight Sun.