What sets quant apart from traditional investors?
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 […]
South Korean stocks soar on governance reform hopes
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Can the S&P 500 maintain its rebound?
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The Hang Seng surge
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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 […]
The flight from the dollar
A “perfect storm” of sorts is occurring in global financial markets this year: the dollar is weakening, US Treasury yields are elevated and US equities are hovering near all-time highs. With this in mind, investors might ask themselves: will global asset managers continue to rebalance their portfolios and diminish their strong US tilts—and will capital […]
A history of quant
How we got from there to here
Could an oil price shock retrigger inflation?
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It’s quant. But not as you know it
Fast reading The MDT Advisers team uses machine learning to parse through vast amounts of data and seek a multitude of equity opportunities in an unbiased way. The investment team designs, oversees, and continuously looks for ways to improve upon the various tools in its investment process. The entire approach is transparent and the reasoning […]
US-China trade talks at a turning point?
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