Not exact matches
Global private
equity deals have enjoyed their strongest start in five years, buoyed by the record amounts of cash flowing into the sector
as institutional investors look for ways to boost their
returns, writes Javier Espinoza.
The Total
Return approach used in our
Global Equity Strategies emphasises the importance of dividend yield and dividend growth
as well
as price increases.
A number of factors — such
as rising US interest rates, the recurrence of big fluctuations in
global currencies, and the widening dispersion of
equity returns across sectors and regions — may have helped to create an increasingly conducive environment for hedge - fund strategies, which have seen a positive turnaround in performance in recent quarters.
Through November 2017, US and many
global equity markets were up double - digits, and broad corporate and emerging - market debt indexes posted strong
returns as well.
Calendar 2017 can be characterised
as a year of strong and stable
returns for
global equity investors.
For instance, this year through the end of November, EM debt in USD,
as represented by the J.P. Morgan EMBI
Global Index (EMBIG),
returned 2.77 percent, outperforming EM
equities,
as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
As the economy continues to move out of the
global financial crisis,
returns in the real estate private
equity space have been strong and investors are looking at various emerging investment classes.
With yields low and the bull market in
global equities long in the tooth, advisors and institutions need new ways to seek income, risk - reduction without triggering capital gains liabilities,
as well
as, new potential sources of alpha and
return.
I've only used the two
Global Couch Potato
returns,
as they were closer to the median between the lowest and highest annualized rate of
returns for balanced
equity portfolios over the last 10 years:
Q: If one is invested 100 % into
global equities, what would you consider
as a realistic worst - case one - year
return?
Despite the marked increase in volatility in US
equity markets,
global equities,
as measured by the MSCI ACWI Index, fared slightly worse than the S&P 500,
returning -0.96 % for the quarter.
As we mentioned in the beginning of our letter, volatility
returned to
global equity markets towards the end of September.
For instance, over the 24 months through 31 January 2018, EM assets delivered cumulative
returns of 78.11 % for
equities, 31.88 % for local bonds and 20.21 % for currencies (
as proxied by the MSCI EM index for
equities, JPMorgan GBI - EM
Global Diversified Composite (Unhedged) index for local debt and JPMorgan ELMI + Composite for currencies).
On the asset allocation section of our website, we explain our methodology for estimating the 10 - year real
returns of
equity markets,
as well
as other
global asset markets.
Not surprisingly we found that the frontier that uses the equally weighted dividend paying stock basket in lieu of the S&P / TSX Composite Index
as representation of the Canadian
equity component of the diversified basket, provided the superior compliment to the
global portfolio yielding a superior risk /
return trade - off set.
San Mateo, CA, February 3, 2010 — For the second consecutive year, Franklin Templeton Investments ranked # 1 out of 48 fund families for its funds» 10 - year performance in Barron's annual review of U.S. - registered mutual fund families.1 Barron's rankings are based on asset - weighted
returns in five categories — U.S.
equity funds; world
equity funds (including international and
global portfolios); mixed
equity funds (which invest in stocks, bonds and other securities); taxable bond funds and tax - exempt funds —
as calculated by Lipper.
Strong performance was not confined to the U.S.
as most of the major
global equity markets posted double - digit
returns as well.
We value
global equity markets
as the sum of dividend yield and growth in earnings, capturing market
return in a constant - yield environment,
as well
as considering the reversion of CAPE to its long - term average.3
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Returns Forecast Future 10 - Year
Returns?
As with
global fixed income and
equity markets, the core asset classes represent a wide array of
return forecasts over the next 10 years.
As the economy continues to move out of the
global financial crisis,
returns in the real estate private
equity space have been strong and investors are looking at various emerging investment classes.
The Alpine International Real Estate
Equity Fund, often described
as the grandfather of
global real estate funds, is still going strong — it was the fourth - ranked fund with a
return of 17.31 percent, according to Lipper.