MDT Advisers: Can machine learning deliver a diversified alpha stream?
In a recent webinar with IPE, Scott Conlon, Investment Director and Quantitative Strategist of MDT Advisers, shared his valuable insights on how sophisticated predictive modelling can be used to identify a diversified range of alpha sources, and equip our portfolios with the potential to add value regardless of the environment. He also examined the case […]
Stocks soar on US-China tariffs pause
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Sticks and stones
It was only a matter of when, not if, the White House would harass the Federal Reserve again. Chair Jerome Powell got a short respite as President Donald Trump reiterated he doesn’t intend to fire him, despite constantly demanding lower interest rates. After the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced yesterday it had held rates […]
Your guide to money market funds
Fast reading A money market fund (MMF) is a professionally managed, diversified investment vehicle designed to meet short-term cash-management needs or serve as a lower-risk alternative to the volatility of stocks or longer-term bonds. MMFs consist of highly liquid, high-quality money market instruments with the primary objective of providing current income, consistent with liquidity and […]
Rates on ice amid rising risks
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Bonds do their job during the first 100 days of uncertainty
The month of April demonstrated the complexity of capital market relationships. After a solid first quarter, where US Treasuries offered some positive returns to counter struggling stocks, the volatility shock created by the 2 April ‘Liberation Day’ announcement and President Donald Trump’s later attack on Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell temporarily took things in another direction. […]
Let Powell drive the bus
No one likes backseat drivers, but if they lunge for the steering wheel, you can’t ignore them. That’s the position that US President Donald Trump has repeatedly put Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in when he attacks him for refusing to cut interest rates. Presidents occasionally chirp about Fed policy, but Trump’s tweets go well […]
Global High Yield Credit Engagement* Annual Report, 2024
Turning engagement into meaningful change
A mixed bag
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Investing in a post ‘Liberation Day’ era
Video transcript It’s been almost a month now since Liberation Day, and it’s time to try to think about what this all means. My suggestion is ignore the short term and the volatility that goes with it. It’s hard to predict. Ignore the politics because people have different views. Let’s concentrate on what we know. […]
