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MSCI Blog
Markets in Focus: Narrow Yield Spread and High Crowding Pressure EquitiesEclipsing equity and bond yields and high crowding may be signs of a vulnerable equity market. We compare equity/bond yield spreads in the major regional markets along with crowding in sectors and regions.
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Commodities have typically been seen as potential inflation hedges, given that commodity prices have tended to rise when inflation is accelerating.
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Industry and revenue lenses can provide additional insights to investors beyond a traditional sector analysis.
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While energy, utilities and consumer staples have been the best-performing sectors in the U.S. year-to-date, evaluation has become increasingly difficult with surging inflation that will continue to impact the Fed’s interest rate actions.
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Looking at sectors through a factor lens may provide additional insights for investors in terms of explaining performance.
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Along with other factors, comparing current sector valuations to longer-term averages has helped investors as they make decisions about whether to rotate in or out of specific sectors.
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Some investors may adopt sector-rotation strategies to implement their tactical views, especially during periods of high sector-performance dispersion.
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An important part of the equity-investment puzzle is understanding the risk premium of an investment or market.
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The dispersion of equity returns over the last 25 years, as measured by their cross-sectional volatility (CSV), followed the equity market cycle very closely in both developed and emerging markets (EM).
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Carbon emissions normalized by company revenues, known as weighted average carbon intensity, is a popular indicator to assess a company’s carbon footprint.