Peripheral European assets and the global financials and
materials equity sectors would be especially exposed, according to our stress - test analysis.
Despite a strong macroeconomic backdrop, the commodity - linked energy and
materials equity sectors faltered in February and March after surging higher in January.
Not exact matches
Flush with cash withdrawn from the
equity in their homes and other borrowed money, Canadian consumers have gone on a spending spree with gains spread across a wide variety of retail
sectors, including vehicles, building
materials, home furnishings, clothing and food.
The
materials and energy
sectors also scored notably well on earnings growth, while energy's free - cash - flow yield and return on
equity remain challenged.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the
materials sector, a high beta group, got caught up in the recent
equity market sell - off.
They ranked low on the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Index: Energy shares sank 5.9 %, on average, while
materials sector stocks collectively shed 5.5 % of their value; among the nine other
equity sectors, only telecommunication services and consumer staples companies posted larger losses.1
In addition, the narrow focus of Canada's
equities markets in three
sectors — financials, energy and
materials — further reduces opportunities for diversification.
The
materials sector, which makes up roughly 11 % of the S&P / TSX Composite Index, vastly outpaced the overall Canadian
equity market with a gain of 20 % during Q1.
Despite a toxic start to 2016, the best performing
sectors in the
equity markets this year were energy and
materials.
The Small - Cap and SMid - Cap
Equity strategies are concentrated strategies that are not managed to a benchmark, so there are
material differences in characteristics, such as the number of holdings and
sector and industry weightings.
BDC is part of Bridgepoint, one of Europe's largest private
equity investors which has invested in a range of companies in different
sectors over the last 25 years including well - known names such as Cruise.co.uk, Fat Face and Prêt A Manger, Cambridge Education Group and Infinitas Learning, publisher of content and e-learning
materials for primary and secondary schools and FE colleges across Europe.
Doug conducts fundamental analysis on global
equity investments, focusing on the consumer, industrials, and
materials sectors.
Previously, broad diversification across market
sectors could only be purchased or sold at the close of the business day based on the
equity, bond or raw
material elements included in the weighted averages of every component of the
sector mutual fund — thus, ETFs came into play.
In this webinar, sponsored by Scotia iTRADE, and presented by Bianca Baumann, attendees will learn about how Canada makes up less than 5 % of global
equity markets yet most Canadian investors have much more domestic
equity exposure than that and thus are heavily exposed to volatile
sectors like
materials and energy.
Kevin started his investment career with Schroders in 2000, joining the UK
Equity fund management team, having previously been a
sector analyst for Pan European Construction and Building
Materials.
At the Buffalo Funds, Clay works with
equity portfolios and his focus areas include healthcare, industrial and
material sciences, energy technology, and consumer discretionary
sectors.
Henrik was previously a European
equity research sales person and a sell - side
equity research analyst covering the traditional and renewable energy, consumer goods, transportation and
materials and healthcare
sectors for SEB Enskilda in their New York, Copenhagen and London offices.