While equity market volatility certainly increased around year - end and has carried over into the New Year, global equity markets aside from a few market segments (oil & gas, mining, certain emerging markets) remain fairly to fully valued, and in some instances overvalued from our perspective.
Not exact matches
While not all bets have paid off — his global macro strategy suffered amid currency
volatility in 2014 — Shiff says he ends up losing less in down
markets than pure
equity managers do.
Equity markets are up so far this year,
while volatility in the U.S. bond
market is near its lowest level since late 2014.
While the overall
equity -
market volatility could impact sentiment and the valuations that investors are willing to pay, our small - and mid-cap forecasts already assume that multiples will revert to less than the historic median — so our outlook already is fairly conservative.
While global growth for 2015 is, once again, likely to come in below estimates, the recent
volatility in China's
equity market is unlikely to exacerbate the slowdown.
While the VIX and other measures of
equity market volatility are flirting with historic lows,
volatility in other asset classes remains elevated relative to the summer levels.
I think the secular
equity bear
market we are currently in could continue for several more years, thus, lower
volatility dividend stocks may offer some protection
while still providing
equity exposure.
While the early - 2017 Federal Reserve minutes «expressed concern [about] the low level of implied
volatility in
equity markets,» it is worth noting that the SPX implied
volatility levels at both 80 % and 90 % moneyness (corresponding with out - of - the - money puts used for portfolio protection) generally were much higher than the VIX levels.
I have underlined several times that
while we did see
volatility in the
equity market in Q1» 18, the bond
market was numb to any
market movements;
while Treasuries were falling, junk bonds didn't widen much compared to how they were trading at the beginning of the year.
While this election season is likely to be filled with surprises, investors may also want to consider strategies that aim to minimize
equity market volatility and potentially provide downside protection.
While some observers will point to recent
equity market volatility as a sign that investors should remain defensive when selecting stocks in the region, Philippe Brugere - Trelat, executive vice president and portfolio manager, Franklin Mutual Series ®, says he's encouraged by recent developments.
The first quarter of 2018 provided some long overdue
volatility to
equity markets while Treasury yields rose across the board.
As you know, our forward view is informed by valuations, and
while there has been no material change in our
market views from a valuation perspective, we are encouraged by the recent uptick in
equity market volatility, and are hopeful that it will spawn new buying opportunities in the weeks and months ahead.
Event Driven and Low
Volatility strategies fared best
while Market Neutral, Long / Short
Equity, Long / Short Credit, Currency, and MultiStrategy had a modicum of skill.
While the
equity piece is the dominant
volatility exposure in our portfolios we know that current bond
markets leave much to be desired.
While the
market is large, it is far less liquid than the
equity market, with bonds trading far less frequently, and typically with a much higher bid / offer spread relative to underlying
volatility.
While the indices moved in the same general direction, one clear difference was that the
volatility in the
equity market was not reflected in the housing
market.
Insurance stocks were most negatively correlated to
market volatility, as represented by VIX,
while mortgage REITs and
equity REITs displayed the least negative correlation to VIX.
«Then you can hide the
market volatility from yourself
while still benefitting from the upside of
equity investments.»
BMO Low
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For example, over the last 140 years in the US
equity market, Aked and Ko (2017) show that, for a 1 - year horizon, the
volatility of returns has been 19.2 %,
while at a 10 - year horizon, the
volatility dropped to 4.7 %.3
Sustained low interest rates have made it more difficult for your clients to generate income,
while more
volatility in the
equity markets has made them gun - shy about banking on predictable returns from stocks, bonds and other traditional investments.