And we believe positive economic and earnings visibility has been behind
equity market returns during 2017, a trend that can continue in 2018 so long as earnings growth maintains momentum.
Not exact matches
The
market was very much an all - ships - rose - with - the - tide - type
market,» said David Stepherson, chief investment officer for Baltimore - based Hardesty Capital Management, which saw its
equity returns rise 32 percent
during 2013, while its total portfolio increased 20 percent.
None of the factors consistently generated positive performance
during recent
market crashes However, almost any factor exposure would have increased the risk -
return ratio of an
equity - centric portfolio Low Volatility and Mean - Reversion would have been most beneficial, Momentum least INTRODUCTION A
Volatilities of V — G
returns appear to rise
during U.S
equity bear
markets.
During periods of decline it can be helpful to find long ideas among stocks which a) have low levels of debt, in case the
market decline deepens, b) have a history of high
returns on
equity and investments c) have shown price momentum despite waning momentum in the overall
markets.
If you want to ensure you get the big
returns from stocks that investment writers highlight when urging you to invest in
equities, you need to buy
during bear
markets to make up for the lousy
returns from those years when you buy at what proves to be the top of a bull
market.
HSIEX Strategic International Fund The Fund invests primarily in
equity securities of non-U.S. issuers with the objective of long - term total
return with added emphasis on the protection of capital
during unfavorable
market conditions.
Now contrast these
returns with performance
during equity bear
markets.
I've also marked on the graph the level that yields would need to fall to in order to match the total
return earned
during prior
equity bear -
market periods.
It plots the
returns of bonds, stocks and a balanced portfolio (60 percent stocks, 40 percent bonds)
during each
equity bear
market since 1960.
However, for bonds to provide a similar level of
return as they did
during the last
equity bear
market described above, yields would have to fall to approximately minus 2 %.
The latest DALBAR study shows that, over the 30 years that ended Dec. 31, 2014, the average
equity investor earned 3.79 per cent while the
market returns averaged 11.06 per cent
during the same period.
Which
equity category has delivered the most consistently good
return during the past three full
market cycles?
Canada's
equity market got the cold shoulder from investors seeking better
returns elsewhere
during the first half of 2017, but the attitude towards Canadian stocks is beginning to warm up based on ETF flows in August.
HSIEX Strategic International Fund The Fund invests primarily in
equity securities of non-U.S. issuers with the objective of long - term total
return with added emphasis on the protection of capital
during unfavorable
market conditions.
Particularly with the abnormally high
market returns of
equities - based securities
during the last two decades of the 20th century, many investors became very lax about managing their investment costs and capital gains tax realization.
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Like major asset classes, international
equity factors»
returns tend to be more correlated
during recessions and bear stock
markets.
You can see that bond
returns were modest
during these
equity bear
markets, even though the depths of those bear
markets varied.
And
during the 1973 - 1974
equity bear
market — where stock indexes dropped by half — bonds
returned just 5 percent, compared with gains of 36 percent
during the 2000 - 2002 bear
market, which experienced a simliarly - sized decline.
I've also marked on the graph the level that yields would need to fall to in order to match the total
return earned
during prior
equity bear -
market periods.
The First Asset Morningstar Canada Value (FXM) has been the best - performing Canadian
equity ETF
during the last year: over the 12 months ending September 30 it
returned almost 29 %, while the broad
market was up just 7 % and the three value funds above managed «only» 16 % or so.
The blended portfolio seeks to deliver superior risk - adjusted
returns compared to a long - only, non-leveraged
equity portfolio, particularly
during extended
equity bear
market scenarios.
The Fund invests primarily in
equity securities of non-U.S. issuers with the objective of long - term total
return with added emphasis on the protection of capital
during unfavorable
market conditions.
During those times, awareness about
equity markets was low and any link to
market linked
returns was perhaps frowned upon.