Not exact matches
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.
We see central banks nearing the limits of extraordinary monetary easing, low returns
across most asset classes as well as higher
equity and bond
volatility amid looming political risks and Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening.
The first quarter of 2018 provided some long overdue
volatility to
equity markets while Treasury yields rose
across the board.
A US
equity market neutral and global systematic macro trading strategy that aims to deliver uncorrelated alpha with controlled
volatility across a wide range of market environments.
Take a deeper dive into the Defined Risk Strategy (DRS) and learn how since inception in 1997 this distinct, hedged -
equity investment approach has posted an enviable track record of consistent returns with reduced
volatility across full market cycles.
Exhibit 1 shows annualized
volatility across the
equity and fixed income sectors from Jan. 31, 2000, (the first value date of the index) to Feb. 28, 2017.
In the first half of 2017,
equity markets
across the world were characterized by low
volatility, both in realized terms and in implied measures such as VIX ®.
Since the onset of the financial crisis, the Fed's unconventional monetary policy has inadvertently suppressed
volatility, encouraging market participants to hold more risk assets
across equity and fixed income.
Note 1 USAA Smart Beta
Equity ETFs provide a distinctive way to combine value and momentum factors and seek to balance risk
across each ETF portfolio by equalizing the
volatility contribution of each security.
This may be a prelude to a pick - up in
volatility across more asset classes including
equities, fixed income, commodities and investment styles.
The ratio of these
volatilities informs how much of the region - specific variation — the
volatility uncorrelated to the global component — can be diversified by simply averaging an
equity strategy
across countries.
In their March 2013 paper entitled «Country and Sector Drive Low -
Volatility Investing in Global Equity Markets», Sanne de Boer, Janet Campagna and James Norman investigate the role of country and sector effects in low - volatility investing across global stoc
Volatility Investing in Global
Equity Markets», Sanne de Boer, Janet Campagna and James Norman investigate the role of country and sector effects in low -
volatility investing across global stoc
volatility investing
across global stock markets.
Investors tend to forget yet another inevitable consequence of coordinated central bank monetary easing is a consistent & sustained suppression of market price
volatility... which occurs right
across the board in the
equity, fixed income, foreign exchange markets etc..
Under its new dispensation, the fund «invests primarily in
equity securities of companies with large capitalization ranges
across major industry sectors using a long / short strategy in seeking to capture alpha, reduce
volatility, and preserve capital in declining markets.»