Factors are broad, persistent
drivers of returns across equities and other asset classes.
These funds primarily focus on factors — broad, persistent
drivers of returns across equities and other asset classes.
Not exact matches
Across sectors, we see that equity risk is projected to be the primary
driver of returns (below chart).
Valuations are the primary
driver of long - term
returns, and the risk - preferences
of investors — as conveyed by the uniformity or divergence
of market action
across a broad range
of individual stocks, industries, sectors and security types (including credit)-- drive
returns over shorter portions
of the market cycle.
The answer,
of course, depends heavily on current valuations and market conditions, but we always approach the question with an effort to understand the
drivers of long - term risks and expected
returns across many different asset classes.
Different sectors
of the global economy don't move in perfect lockstep, so natively the
return drivers of the assets are 60 - 90 % correlated (the asset side
of correlation, think
of how the cost
of capital moves in a correlated way
across companies).
These don't move in perfect lockstep, so natively the
return drivers of the risky components
of the assets are 60 - 90 % correlated over the long run (the asset side
of correlation, think
of how the cost
of capital moves in a correlated way
across companies).