How markets could react to Fed and ECB meetings
A mixed batch of inflation readings moved market expectations, but it is more important to remember the Fed’s inflation dashboard.
A mixed batch of inflation readings moved market expectations, but it is more important to remember the Fed’s inflation dashboard.
Our outlook for stock market volatility sees the levels reached in 2018 continuing, in part because these levels were close to the long-term norm.
Classifying alternative investment strategies by objective can help to illuminate the benefits they offer to portfolio diversification.
Concerns linger that the causes of the August market selloff could continue to trouble markets, but it’s important to consider fundamentals.
With some investors questioning the merits of maintaining a bond allocation, our investigation of asset correlations provides insights.
When an asset price collapses, the pain is quick and concentrated, but the benefits tend to be more widely dispersed.
Oil and other commodities look unattractive from a return perspective, but their diversification potential may be improving.
Wage growth has been missing from the current recovery, but the conditions are in place to test whether this is a structural challenge for the Fed.
Today, more than four years into the recovery, capital market opportunities are shifting, with conditions in credit sectors such as high-yield corporate debt becoming a bit less attractive. However, the current cycle has different characteristics that suggest investors should not abandon credit strategies just yet. Let’s consider the features of a typical cycle, such as