This was largely driven by investors seeking fixed income and
European equity exposures.
Currently, we're invested in currency - hedged ETFs as a way to hedge some of our emerging market exposure, and we've used them in the past as a way to hedge
our European equity exposure from a falling euro.
Many investors remain strongly in favour of
European equity exposure for 2015, but Mr Bateman feels we could be getting ahead of ourselves.
In fact, I should correct myself, I consciously opted for
European equity exposure via a v specific (and colossal) over-weighting in Irish equities.
Not exact matches
Within global
equity portfolios, investors raised their
European exposure by 1.8 percentage points to 19.6 percent and trimmed U.S. holdings to 40.1 percent.
Going into 2017, Morgan Stanley recommended that investors lighten up on
European equities and shift
exposure into Japan, which was emerging from a long period of deflation.
Whether your interest is Chinese
equities,
European dividend stocks, emerging market small caps, or gold, there's a low - cost ETF available that can get you instant
exposure.
Specifically, a recent analysis by Graham Secker, MS & Co.'s
European equity strategist, found that recent disappointments in
European corporate profits are a function of at least three important factors that may be reversing: idiosyncratic issues related to heavily skewed index
exposure to financials and commodity - linked industries; weak operating profit leverage linked to declining emerging market sales; and less aggressive use of buybacks, tax optimization and non-operating cost reductions versus U.S. peers.
The new options are expected to hold particular market appeal for
European investors interested in targeted
exposure within key U.S.
equity benchmarks.
This is very important to me as an investor in
European equities because current valuations do not appear to take into account any earnings improvements among those
European companies that have large
exposures within Europe.
And against that background, we believe investors with
exposure to
European equities via a passive approach shift to active strategies.»
Mawer Global
Equity is another good choice with more or less similar characteristics in terms of low cost, low portfolio turnover and
European exposure.
(Financial Planning: Nov 18, 2015) Financial Planning recommends ProShares MSCI Europe Dividend Growers ETF (EUDV) among
European equity ETF choices for clients who seek
European exposure and prefer dividend - paying
equities.
We continue to have a broad asset allocation model, with
exposure to asset classes that include U.S.,
European, and emerging market
equities.
We reduced
exposure to
European stocks, where growth data has materially slowed, in favor of U.S.
equities.