Construction junction
Add photos of Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Powell and President Donald Trump in construction hard hats to the list of his desperate attempts to influence US monetary policy. As is well known, Trump has been bullying the Fed to lower interests for some time but has upped the ante in the last few months. His case is that restrictive […]
The balancing act continues
The US Treasury market has been caught in a narrow range lately, confined by data portraying a resilient economy and some signs of tariff inflation passthrough that grabs the attention of a patient Federal Reserve (Fed). Current expectations are that the US economy continues to expand, albeit at diminished underlying rates as consumer spending growth has slowed, […]
Wie geht es weiter mit Asien ex Japan?
Deutsches Transkript Wie sieht Ihre Prognose für den Rest des Jahres für Aktien aus Asien ex Japan aus? Unsere China-Prognose für das restliche Jahr wurde durch die Ereignisse seit Jahresbeginn etwas erschwert. Zu Beginn des Jahres waren wir sehr optimistisch gegenüber China und Korea eingestellt, weniger jedoch gegenüber Indien und Taiwan. Die optimistische Einschätzung dieser […]
Cracking the code: Quant Investing’s Secret to Finding Alpha
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Future looks brighter for Germany
Germany’s economy has long been stagnant. With real GDP up just 0.3% since the fourth quarter of 2019 (versus a 12.0% gain in the US), it was beginning to look again like the ‘sick man of Europe,’ a label it acquired in the late 1990s. The country has been buffeted since Covid by multiple shocks: […]
A tech transformation for China?
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Diversifying direct lending portfolios through sponsor-less lending
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Fixed Income Fund Selector Masterclass
Highlights with Andrew Lennox, Federated Hermes Full masterclass video Learning objectives: The role of active management in fixed income US exceptionalism and its impact on bond markets Asset allocation outlook in a shifting macro environment Speakers: Paul Angell, AJ Bell Andrew Lennox, Federated Hermes Mike Riddell, Fidelity International Nick Hayes, AXA IM This masterclass was […]
The Art of Diversification: effective portfolio creation in real estate
Video transcript Vincent, you’ve recently written a great paper on portfolio construction and real estate debts. What are the key takeaways? The premise (of the paper) was that modern portfolio theory (MPT) by Markowitz1 – which is the popular framework for constructing investment portfolios – is based on the idea that the risk of an […]
US inflation hits 2.7%
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