Red, blue & green: FTSE Russell looks back on US political parties and markets
With a Democratic US President now in office and a Democratic Congressional majority, investors may be tempted to predict where US equity markets go in the coming months based on which political party is in power. Our suggests that investors may want to use a more nuanced lens when constructing go-forward investment strategy.
Blog | Russell 2000 sentiment gauge is running hot
Sentiment gauges rebounded sharply this year after a holiday-season dip, propelled by vaccine rollouts and “blue wave” US fiscal stimulus hopes. Enthusiasm for US small caps (and European stocks) is running notably high.
Blog | Investment Clock: has QE broken the link between factors and the economic cycle?
Investors often ask themselves which factors should be implemented in different phases of the economic cycle.
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Industriens posts 5.1% return after hard year for its unlisted assets
CEO reports “good returns” from both Danish and foreign equities in 2020
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VBV sees AUM rise at slower pace year-on-year in 2020
Total assets rose by 6.3% in 2020 to a total €12.7bn, despite the pandemic
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ATP slashes dependence on gilts with new business model
Danish pensions giant to add market exposure to guaranteed annuity product
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Major UK pension funds ask prime minister for net-zero meeting
PRI and investors are paying more attention to ‘real economy policy’ in bid to help drive climate change mitigation
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ECB sets up climate change centre, to invest in new BIS green bond fund
ECB also reveals it is exploring a low carbon benchmark move for fixed income investments in the staff pension fund
Equity factor investing: Putting performance into perspective
What drives the performance of equity multifactor funds? While the value, quality, low risk and momentum factor styles have outperformed over the long term, there have been periods of underperformance. These include the tech bubble of the late 1990s, the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, and now the COVID-19 crisis. Value factor underperformance explains this latest drawdown.
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Folksam LO funds go fossil free in ‘milestone’ for pension provider
Four Swedbank Robur funds shed gas, coal and oil stocks
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