Warning of ‘volatile summer for markets’ due to Trump and China
Markets could turn volatile this summer as one of the biggest multi-asset investing teams in the City warned its forecasting models were indicating possible trouble ahead.
Markets could turn volatile this summer as one of the biggest multi-asset investing teams in the City warned its forecasting models were indicating possible trouble ahead.
Volatility hit a 25-year low last week despite major political events continuing to pose headwinds to the market.
Benchmark indices designed to show levels of ‘fear’ on the markets have continued their deep descent, with US measures reaching 24-year lows.
As the world neared a confrontation between two nuclear powers last week, the VIX index of volatility fell to a three-year low in an almost wanton display of indifference.
The Investment Association’s introduction of the Volatility Managed sector has left some scratching their heads, asking if there is a method to its madness?
The Investment Association (IA) has confirmed it will be launching its Volatility Managed sector on 3 April to accommodate the growing number of outcome-oriented funds currently crowding the IA Unclassified peer group.
Geopolitical uncertainty is on the rise but the Vix Index is at historic lows. Is there really still an investment case for trying to harness volatility?
True alpha is not generated from single trades, argues Pioneer’s Adam Macnulty, but is the result of a carefully built portfolio of multiple, independent strategies.
The Investment Association has unveiled a new volatility-managed sector, to deal with the swelling ranks of unclassified funds.
Sterling’s latest dramatic fall demonstrates investors’ need to manage both currency as well as equity volatility, but do the big funds deliver in mitigating these risks within your portfolios?
The collapse in productivity in developed markets as well as some emerging markets is the single most overlooked story in the global economy today, said Nordea AM’s Karsten Bierre.
When they have been knocked to the mat, boxers have been known to use as much of the count as possible to regather their wits before wading back into the fray.