At MFS ®, we believe a flexible, adaptable approach that includes exposure to a wide range of bond sectors is one key to generating attractive risk - adjusted returns and managing
risk over full market cycles.
Not exact matches
These
risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated
full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the
risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant
cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings;
market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the
risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products
over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other
market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other
risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Strategic Growth is a
risk - managed growth fund that is intended to accept exposure to U.S. stocks
over the
full market cycle, but with smaller periodic losses than a passive buy - and - hold approach.
Historically - reliable valuation measures are remarkably useful in projecting long - term and
full -
cycle market outcomes, but the behavior of the
market over shorter segments of the
market cycle is driven by the psychological inclination of investors toward speculation or
risk - aversion.
While long - term and
full -
cycle market outcomes are tightly determined by
market valuations, the effect of valuations on outcomes
over shorter segments of the
market cycle depends on the psychological preference of investors toward speculation or
risk aversion.
If a portfolio loads
market risk when the likely return /
risk profile is favorable, and hedges
market risk when the likely return /
risk profile is unfavorable, it's possible to achieve a very satisfactory return /
risk profile
over the
full market cycle without ever making a specific short - term forecast.
The central message of our discipline is that valuations are enormously informative about prospects for long - term and
full -
cycle returns, but that outcomes
over shorter segments of the
market cycle are driven by changes in the psychological preferences of investors toward speculation or
risk - aversion.
The Firm seeks to invest in high - quality businesses at low valuations, with the goal of generating outperformance
over a
full market cycle while managing the level of
risk.
The Fund seeks to generate equity - like rates of return
over a
full market cycle while managing the level of
risk.
John Ackerly, one of Davenport's directors, claims they have «a long history of developing funds that manage downside
risk and produce positive returns...
over full market cycles.»
Using Charles's fund data screener at MFO Premium, I searched among the funds that predominately invest in U.S. equities for those with the highest
risk - adjusted returns
over the
full market cycle.
I searched for the small cap funds with the best
risk - adjusted performance
over the latest
full market cycle.
Since inception, Defined
Risk Strategy Select Composite SMA has consistently outperformed the S&P 500
over full market cycles.
The Quantitative Rating is an extension of the Morningstar Analyst Rating for funds, which provides an analyst's forward - looking assessment of a fund's ability to outperform its peer group or a relevant benchmark on a
risk - adjusted basis
over a
full market cycle.
The firms will be evaluated on their performance, after fees, against the portfolio benchmark (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)
over a
full market cycle of highs and lows at an acceptable level of
risk.
Driehaus Emerging
Markets Small Cap Growth Fund seeks superior
risk - adjusted returns
over full market cycles relative to those of the MSCI Emerging
Markets Small Cap Index.
By giving a plan a Gold rating, Morningstar analysts are expressing an expectation that the plan's investment options collectively will outperform their relevant performance benchmarks and / or peer groups within the context of the level of
risk taken
over the long term (defined as a
full market cycle or at least five years).
Provides investors exposure to a diversified fund seeking to achieve strong
risk - adjusted results
over a
full market cycle
The strategy's secondary objective is to seek long - term capital preservation, to generate attractive absolute and
risk - adjusted returns, and to attain higher relative returns compared to its benchmark
over a
full market cycle.
The Defined
Risk Strategy is designed to outperform the underlying benchmark
over a
full market cycle (bull and a bear
market).
The fund aims to provide attractive
risk - adjusted total returns
over a
full market cycle.
Horter Investment Management's approach is to seek to achieve superior
risk - adjusted returns
over a
full market cycle (4 - 5 years) compared to the traditional 60 % equities / 40 % bonds asset allocation.
Risk assets should primarily generate capital gains
over a
full market cycle.
Through practical experience, Brandywine has determined that value - style investing — whether in equity or fixed income
markets, in the US or internationally — can provide excellent
risk - adjusted returns
over full investment
cycles, and it is a particularly important strategy in today's global
markets.
As a defensively - minded, high yield fixed income team, the Buffalo High Yield Fund portfolio managers follow a more cautious investment philosophy, with the goal of producing compelling
risk - adjusted performance
over a
full market cycle.
Baird Equity Asset Management's Small / Mid Cap Value portfolio invests in small - to medium - cap U.S. companies and seeks to provide superior
risk - adjusted returns and consistently outperform the benchmark Russell 2500 Value Index
over a
full market cycle (typically 3 — 5 years).