After a horrendous June, bond and credit markets reversed course dramatically in July, generating exceptionally strong performance while also being the first positive return month of the year! The Fixed Income team shares its thoughts.
The epic battle between bulls and bears has raged throughout 2022. In his August TAKE, senior portfolio manager Andrew Slimmon makes the case that Mr. Market may be showing signs of optimism while Wall Street strategists remain overwhelmingly pessimistic.
Proxy voting is both a privilege and a responsibility. With increased attention paid to it by company boards and management, Vladimir Demine discusses the role proxy voting can play in enhancing long-term investment returns, and the challenges to effective voting that remain.
China’s emergence as a global economic power has remade the geopolitical landscape. Beijing appears to be in a hurry to decouple its economy from the U.S. and at the same time replace Washington as the top player in the regional and global hierarchy.
Evidence suggest that the recent strength in developed markets may just be a bear market rally with further downside potentially on the way. Here is how the GBaR team think about investment allocation to reflect the outlook.
Amid the market uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, investors may be seeking ways to add resilience to their portfolios. Long-short equity strategies have the potential to deliver steady returns in volatile markets.
Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Chief Fixed Income Strategist, shares his macro thematic views on key market drivers.
Andrew Slimmon, Head of the Applied Equity Advisors Team, offers a timely perspective on what is shaping the markets now as well as insights on investment opportunities and risk within global equities. Listen to his Market Alert.
Despite macro uncertainties, global capital spending continues to surge after a period of short-lived contraction in 2020, powering the post-pandemic economic recovery. The Investment Grade Credit team explains how this might impact market sectors.
In India, there has been a recent change from the Gandhian principles of small is beautiful to actively incentivizing large scale manufacturing. Coupled with a healthy banking sector and high demand for housing, the stage is set for Delhi to move forward with an opportunity to shine.
