An overly sour view of Canada from foreign investors combined with recent
volatility in stock markets around the world has made for a tough investing environment, the report says.
Not exact matches
The ETF's total return of
around 16 % to 17 % wasn't quite as strong as the overall
market, but that's a price that most investors
in the fund are willing to pay
in exchange for the perceived lower
volatility that dividend
stocks have traditionally delivered.
Stock market declines come
around with unwelcome frequency and as we saw
in the 2008 financial crisis, home prices are equally subject to price
volatility.
Over long periods,
in most
markets around the world,
stocks with the highest
volatility have -LSB-...]
According to Mr. Wicker, the equity
market's performance
in third quarter 2017 can be neatly encapsulated
in three points:
stocks gained
in value
around the globe;
volatility in the U.S. was non-existent; and growth was the dominant style.
A slowdown
in economic growth
around the world, particularly
in China, as well as a slowdown
in productivity, lower population growth, aging baby boomers, higher taxes and lower government spending will lead to an increase
in stock -
market volatility.
AMN show that the majority of
stock market volatility is generated by the learning process
around the future growth rate
in fundamentals, such as dividends.