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: […]
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 […]
¿Qué diferencia a los inversores cuantitativos de los inversores tradicionales?
Video transcript Actively managed investment funds bring the expertise of professional portfolio management to the masses. So, how do the stock pickers of equity funds decide where to invest their clients’ money? Well, it depends on the fund, but many of the approaches fall into two categories: traditional human-led bottom-up investing and the wide spectrum […]
El repunte del Hang Seng
market snapshot
A quantitative edge in uncertain markets
Video transcript One of the advantages to a quantitative approach to investing in equity markets is the ability to adapt quickly to new information. Markets have been volatile recently in light of proposed tariffs and other regulations coming through the new administration. One of the most interesting things that we have been doing in our […]
El desplazamiento del dólar
Este año se está produciendo una especie de «tormenta perfecta» en los mercados financieros mundiales: el dólar se está debilitando, los rendimientos de los bonos del Tesoro estadounidense son elevados y la renta variable estadounidense se acerca a máximos históricos. Teniendo esto en cuenta, los inversores podrían preguntarse: ¿seguirán los gestores de activos mundiales reequilibrando […]
A history of quant
How we got from there to here
«Quant», pero no como lo conocemos
Fast reading El equipo de MDT Advisers utiliza el aprendizaje automático para analizar grandes cantidades de datos y buscar numerosas oportunidades de renta variable sin sesgo alguno. El equipo de inversión diseña, supervisa y busca continuamente modos de mejorar las distintas herramientas de su proceso de inversión. Todo el enfoque es transparente y el razonamiento […]
MDT: ¿Sueñan los «quants» con ovejas eléctricas?*
* “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” es una novela de ciencia ficción de 1968 del escritor estadounidense Philip K. Dick. La película Blade Runner (1982), dirigida por Ridley Scott y protagonizada por Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer y Daryl Hannah, se basó en el libro. Fast reading La inversión cuantitativa suele examinar grandes cantidades de […]
Credit investors threatened with tax hike on US income
Fast reading The US is weighing up legislation that could see foreign investors hit with a tax hike. In the event that section 899 is triggered, entities from “discriminatory foreign countries” would be hit by a tax increase on US income of up to 20%. The proposal raises the possibility of a slowdown in foreign […]
