The strategy clearly under - performed in the early years of the test but has done very well since 2007, coinciding with
increased equity market volatility.
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.
Not exact matches
The minutes of the Fed's June meeting noted that «some participants suggested that
increased risk tolerance among investors might be contributing to elevated asset prices more broadly; a few participants expressed concern that subdued
market volatility, coupled with a low
equity premium, could lead to a build - up of risks to financial stability.»
Citigroup said the sharp rise in stock trading revenue was a byproduct of
increased market volatility in
equity markets.
U.S. asset managers and custody banks could face difficulty in lifting profit margins if the ongoing
market volatility increases the
equity risk premium.
During the quarter,
Equities operated in an environment characterized by a significant decline in global
equity markets and a sharp
increase in
volatility levels.
With
volatility returning to domestic
equities, it might be time for investors to consider
increasing their exposure to foreign
markets, specifically emerging Europe.
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
Henri Leveque, leader of PwC's US capital
markets and accounting advisory services, says: «Driven by
increasing investor appetite for growth companies, low
volatility and strong
equity markets, the field of IPOs has continued to broaden across industry sectors.
In the December quarter, however, we modestly
increased the
equity allocation as short - term
market volatility afforded us opportunities to establish new positions.
«Stock
markets are historically sensitive to uncertainty, and looming continual rate
increases along with a contentious presidential election cycle [could] create a fair amount of
volatility in the U.S.
equity markets for 2016,» Cousino says.
The
increased volatility and drawdown of the Emerging
Market version is not surprising since emerging market equities have traditionally had higher volatility than large cap US equ
Market version is not surprising since emerging
market equities have traditionally had higher volatility than large cap US equ
market equities have traditionally had higher
volatility than large cap US
equities.
However, when
equity market volatility increases to a point that makes us uncomfortable, it is often this stable part of our portfolio that quells the inclination to make rash decisions, allowing us to stick with our asset allocations when times get tough.
Equity market volatility has
increased from the very low levels of last year, partly because of concerns about the direction of international trade policy in the United States.
For example, if you have a very high tolerance for risk — perhaps you have a spouse with a full pension so you're less concerned about stock
market volatility — you might
increase the level of
equity you hold in your retirement savings.
The
increased volatility and drawdown of the Emerging
Market version is not surprising since emerging market equities have traditionally had higher volatility than large cap US equ
Market version is not surprising since emerging
market equities have traditionally had higher volatility than large cap US equ
market equities have traditionally had higher
volatility than large cap US
equities.
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.
Much like our Asian
equity ETF example above, the ETF didn't
increase the
volatility of the local
market, it just showed you where that
market was valued even when it was closed.
While
equity market volatility certainly
increased around year - end and has carried over into the New Year, global
equity markets aside from a few
market segments (oil & gas, mining, certain emerging
markets) remain fairly to fully valued, and in some instances overvalued from our perspective.
The wild price swings,
increased volatility and selling volume all illustrate the unease and uncertainty with which the
market has had in trying to reprice
equities commensurate with the risks associated with Europe, China, etc...
In an effort to produce a portfolio with potential for outperformance and lower
volatility, I used Morningstar CPMS *, which comprises of about 98 % of the investible
market cap of stocks in Canada, to create an
equity strategy that picks stocks with a history of
increasing dividends and also have a low beta.
Investors experienced a significant
increase in
equity market volatility, both domestically and globally, in the second half of 2015, with a near doubling of intraday stock
market volatility in August and September in the United States.