Despite
continued volatility in equity markets, most hedge fund strategies performed better in March than they did in February.
Not exact matches
All
markets will
continue to focus on the
volatility in the
equity and bond
markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's FOMC Meeting Statement followed by reports tomorrow on UK PMI, Eurozone PPI, CPI, US Challenger Job Cuts, Productivity, Unit Labor Costs, Jobless Claims, Trade Balance, Markit Services PMI, ISM Services, Durable Goods and Factory Orders for near term direction.
All
markets will
continue to focus on the
volatility in the
equity and bond
markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to reports tomorrow on Japanese PMI, UK PMI, US Vehicle Sales, Markit Manufacturing PMI, Construction Spending and ISM Manufacturing for near term guidance.
All
markets will
continue to focus on the
volatility in the
equity and bond
markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to reports tomorrow on Japan's Leading Index and Machine Tool Orders, German IFO, US Case - Shiller Home Price Index, New Home Sales, Richmond Fed and Consumer Confidence for near term guidance.
Macro: The Macro strategy's strongest contributions came from long
equity and Energy - sector positioning as low
volatility and sustained, upward trends
in these
markets continued driving returns throughout most of January.
I think the secular
equity bear
market we are currently
in could
continue for several more years, thus, lower
volatility dividend stocks may offer some protection while still providing
equity exposure.
All
markets will
continue to focus on the
volatility in the
equity and bond
markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to tomorrow's much awaited US Payroll Report for near term direction..
All
markets will
continue to focus on the
volatility in the
equity and bond
markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to this afternoon's Commitment of Traders Report, followed by reports Monday on Chinese PMI, German CPI and Retail Sales, US Personal Income, Personal Spending, PCE, Chicago PMI, Pending Home Sales, and the Dallas Fed's Manufacturing Index for near term direction.
All
markets will
continue to focus on the
volatility in the
equity and bond
markets, geopolitical events, developments with the Trump Administration, corporate earnings, oil prices, and will turn to earnings from Apple after the bell today, and reports tomorrow on Japanese PMI, Chinese Caixin PMI, Eurozone GDP, PMI, Unemployment, US MBA Mortgage Applications, ADP Employment Change, Oil Inventories, and the FOMC Meeting Statement for near term direction.
Although
volatility returned to US
equities in the early months of the year, the country's economy remains strong and
markets appear well placed to
continue their upward trend
Global and international
equity market indices (
in local currency) moved higher
in the 4th quarter despite increasing
equity market volatility caused
in part by the
continued rapid decline
in oil prices.
If
markets continue to weaken
in the next few weeks, I'd add to sister fund BMO Low -
Volatility US
Equity ETF (ZLU / TSX), which holds stocks like McDonalds, AT&T and Verizon.
Charles Schwab Investment Management expects
continued equity market volatility in 2018.