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MSCI Blog
How to Describe a FactorHow to define a factor? It’s a challenge for asset owners and wealth managers in evaluating how well factor products meet investment objectives. We found an improved and more robust measure can be formed by combining multiple descriptors.
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Case Study
Innovation delivers product differentiationOne of the largest mutual fund organizations in the world based in the U.S. sought a solution to educate financial advisors about factor exposures. They required a robust infrastructure to power an easy-to-understand front-end advisor tool.
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Case Study
Elevating client communicationsThe Canadian subsidiary of one of the world’s largest multinational investment companies was seeking to elevate their conversations with clients above the usual fact sheets and style box reports. They wanted a tool that was easy to use and could help their sales teams differentiate themselves and their products with their financial advisor clients.
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MSCI Blog
What Fed monetary policy has meant for factorsAs interest rates in the U.S. started increasing in late 2015, many investors expressed concerns over the impact that rising rates could have on their investments. However, the tone of the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) shifted from “we’re a long way from neutral” in October last year to a more accommodative stance of “we will be patient” early this year, re-emphasizing that expression at the January 2019 Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
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MSCI Blog
Robust Selection Paid DividendsDividend cuts following the COVID-19 slowdown led to approximately USD 194 billion of lost dividends between February and April 2020. An approach that looked beyond dividend-yield ranking would have avoided some affected companies, based on our analysis.
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MSCI Blog
Are Growth and Value Indexes Still in Style?Growth and value indexes were created in the 1980s as finer tools than market-cap indexes to measure the performance of growth and value funds. Are style-specific indexes still a relevant choice to use as benchmarks for these funds?
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MSCI Blog
The Pace of Fast Change: Growth vs. Thematic InvestingInvestors considering thematic investments to gain exposure to firms whose fortunes may not be captured by fundamental growth measures, may ask: What are the key opportunities – and challenges – that distinguish thematic from growth investing?
MSCI Thematic Indexes US Equity Indexes MSCI Sector Indexes GICS
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MSCI Blog
The Doctor Is Making House Calls: Capturing Exposure to TelehealthTelehealth has the potential to reduce inequalities in access to care as well as relieve strain on health systems. We tested an approach that combines natural-language processing and MSCI ESG Ratings screens.
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MSCI Blog
Understanding the Industry-Momentum FactorWhen COVID-19 first swept through global equity markets, many factors exhibited unprecedented performance swings. How could institutional investors interpret the industry-momentum factor’s moves in the context of the underlying market dynamics?
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MSCI Blog
Investor Reaction to US Elections and COVID-Vaccine ProgressTo gauge investor expectations after Joe Biden was declared winner of the U.S. election and good news broke about COVID vaccines, we surveyed 151 U.S.-based financial advisers. We examine the advisers’ views on the next 12 months and markets’ reaction since Election Day.
ESG Climate Solutions Equity Risk Models All Country Indexes