A twice-yearly pall has settled over mutual fund managers in the wake of the latest SPIVA Scorecard’s release. For the past 14 years, the S&P Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard, now published by S&P Dow Jones Indices, has measured the performa...
As markets increasingly question the effectiveness of developed markets’ monetary policy to boost growth, fiscal policy is expected to become less stringent in many countries...
(Bloomberg) -- Trump's not favorite to win the election. If he wins, his administration might achieve little in its early days. Still, markets are woefully underprepared for the possibility of a Trump presidency, Morgan Stanley writes in...
The period since the Brexit vote has been—to put it mildly—an interesting time. Following the unexpected outcome, many equity markets have reach new highs. Bond yields, meanwhile, have plumbed depths not seen, in many cases, for...
In a certain sense, it has been easy to make money in the capital markets over the last few years. For many U.S. investors, the winning approach has been "The simpler, the better." In many cases, an allocation to some mix of U.S. stocks and bonds...
The much anticipated Brexit referendum is now in our rearview mirror, but the uncertainty is far from over as Britons voted to leave the EU and will be led by a new Prime Minister during this unprecedented time.
The Brexit vote was costly as i...
(Bloomberg) -- One selling point of a newfangled investment strategy that has swept Wall Street is diversification through factors: buy stocks with high dividends, and your results will vary from those chosen for price momentum. But what if...
“Summer Charts” is a series of current financial topics explained in dots, lines and only a few words—just the right “mix” to concisely convey ideas for critical thinking about economic topics and investing.
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