Sentences with phrase «key asset classes»

Examples of key asset classes include stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, real estate, and cash.

And recessions are often presaged by certain signals: rising jobless claims; falling home sales; an inverted yield curve; wage pressures that impact corporate margins; exogenous shocks, including oil spikes; or destabilizing valuations in key asset classes.

In this issue of Investment Strategy Quarterly, we present our 2018 outlook for the global economy and various key asset classes.

Chapter 15 — Implications for Investors # 6 — Alternative Asset Types In this chapter we look at the issues and costs of the other key asset classes apart from equities and cash, ie, bonds and commodities.

Our Volatility Meter shows the historical returns of key asset classes and illustrates how diversification can affect a portfolio's volatility and returns over the long run.

Here's a quick look at some of our key asset class views for the second half.

Not only has it undercut its major ETF rivals in the key asset class of Canadian equities but it's widened the already egregious gap between the Management Expense Ratios (MERs) of ETFs vis - à - vis Canadian mutual funds.

As in 2016, our two Vanguard picks provide low - cost exposure to this key asset class in both currency - hedged (VSP) and unhedged (VFV) versions: Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF (CAD - hedged) trading under the ticker VSP; and Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF, trading as VFV.

We believe the fixed income universe is extremely diverse — it can be broadly classified into four key asset classes, namely sovereign, investment grade credit, sub-investment grade credit and cash, each with its underlying sectors.

This is done by formulating long run expectations for key asset classes and adjusting these to incorporate shorter term mean considerations of value to generate return forecasts that match our investment horizon.

In a few easy steps, our algorithms create your ideal asset allocation amongst six key asset classes.

Thinking through some key asset classes, here are some thoughts on performance, correlation and where the proper mix may lie: