The sector breakdown of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Convertibles: Cash Pay Bond Index currently has a large
exposure to equity factors and sectors we are positive on, namely the momentum factor and technology, which comprise nearly half of the index (source: Bloomberg, as of 1/10/2018).
Not exact matches
Investors have used various approaches
to identify their
exposure to the value
factor in the
equity markets.
SUMMARY It's difficult
to rationalise why there should be excess returns from high quality stocks The Quality
factor needs
to be constructed beta - neutral
to achieve positive returns
Exposure to the Quality
factor is an attractive hedge for an
equity - centric portfolio INTRODUCTION The concept of
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.
Several
factors to consider when implementing a personalized approach are the overall
equity exposures between the U.S. and foreign markets, hedging and alternative investments.
When the investor is young, they tilt
equities toward the MSCI USA Diversified Multiple -
Factor (DMF) Index
to boost returns via value, size momentum and quality beta
exposures.
I'd add this
to the list of
factors supporting more
exposure to equities, including our expectations of a synchronized global earnings recovery and sustained economic expansion.
In particular, a regime of rising volatility suggests investors may want
to adjust their
exposure to different
equity factors.
Robust consumer spending is typically a friendly
factor for the
equity market, and may provide a reason
to maintain
equity exposure, in my view, despite high
equity valuations seen over the past year and the lack of any significant market correction.
They assign these portfolios
to a framework that translates diversification, fundamental weighting and
factor investing into core
equity exposure and style investing (see the figure below).
They focus on net fund alphas, meaning after - fee returns in excess of the risk - free rate, adjusted for
exposures to three kinds of risk
factors well known at the start of the sample period: (1) traditional
equity market, bond market and credit
factors; (2) dynamic stock size, stock value, stock momentum and currency carry
factors; and, (3) a volatility
factor specified as monthly returns from buying one - month, at ‐ the ‐ money S&P 500 Index calls and puts and holding
to expiration.
The launch of QARP adds
to the existing Xtrackers comprehensive
factor indices line - up, which is designed
to track the
equity market performance of companies that have demonstrated relatively strong
exposure to targeted investment style
factors: value, momentum, quality, volatility and size.
Franklin has created its own quality - based indexes, such as the LibertyQ U.S. Large Cap
Equity Index, which is composed of 246 U.S. mid and large cap companies that have favorable
exposure to four investment style
factors — quality, value, momentum, and low volatility.
This mutual fund tracks the Russell 1000 Comprehensive
Factor Index, which is designed
to capture
exposure to large - cap U.S.
equities using five
factors: quality, value, momentum, low volatility and size.
The fund seeks
exposure to the universe of stocks in the U.S.
equity market, while titling individual weights towards those proficient in all five
factors.
Two decades of research has shown that the returns of a diversified
equity portfolio can largely be explained by its
exposure to three
factors: the market premium, the value premium, and the size premium.
The LibertyQ U.S. Large Cap
Equity Index utilizes a multi-factor selection process that is designed to select equity securities from the Russell 1000 ® Index that have exposure to four investment style - factors: quality, value, momentum and low volatility — while seeking a lower level of risk and higher risk - adjusted performance than the Russell 1000 ® Index over the long
Equity Index utilizes a multi-factor selection process that is designed
to select
equity securities from the Russell 1000 ® Index that have exposure to four investment style - factors: quality, value, momentum and low volatility — while seeking a lower level of risk and higher risk - adjusted performance than the Russell 1000 ® Index over the long
equity securities from the Russell 1000 ® Index that have
exposure to four investment style -
factors: quality, value, momentum and low volatility — while seeking a lower level of risk and higher risk - adjusted performance than the Russell 1000 ® Index over the long term.
For example, a single -
factor smart beta product may be used as part of a completion strategy in order
to lend more
exposure to lower beta stocks
to an
equity portfolio with a higher risk profile,» explains Mellon Capital.
Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility International
Equity Index (LLVINX or the «Index») seeks to address risks and opportunities within developed (excluding the US) and emerging market stocks by selecting equity securities exhibiting low volatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed to improve overall exposure to value, momentum, quality and size fa
Equity Index (LLVINX or the «Index») seeks
to address risks and opportunities within developed (excluding the US) and emerging market stocks by selecting
equity securities exhibiting low volatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed to improve overall exposure to value, momentum, quality and size fa
equity securities exhibiting low volatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed
to improve overall
exposure to value, momentum, quality and size
factors.
We know investment returns come from
exposure to known risk
factors (or premiums), and every
equity portfolio is exposed
to these in varying degrees.
Many decision makers, particularly in the United States and Canada, have the financial, human and institutional capacity
to invest in resilience, yet a trend of rising losses from extremes has been evident across the continent (Figure 26 - 2), largely due
to socio - economic
factors, including a growing population,
equity issues and increased property value in areas of high
exposure.