Commodities and emerging market equities outperformed. Commodities did well due to investor demand, a weaker Dollar, and the continuing emerging markets growth story. U.S. equities performed better than many expected, beating developed international equities and the broad bond market. Source: Standard & Poor’s, Barclays Capital, MSCI, Reuters/CRB, J.P. Morgan Asset Management Tweet
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Gold Prices Have Spiked Before
With economic and market uncertainty on the mind of investors, gold prices have rallied from $450 to over $1,300 in the last 5 years. But, unlike most commodities, gold has no true economic value beyond niche products such as jewelry, therefore the driver in its price is what the next person is willing to pay [...]
Going with the “Flows”
Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management Tweet
U.S. Money Market Flows
Source: Morningstar Tweet
Do hedge funds hedge?
…the experience of the Great Recession Source: Vanguard | 06/03/2010 The recent Great Recession provides a unique opportunity to examine the experience of hedge fund investors. Many investors believe that hedge fund managers have the flexibility to avoid the disastrous consequences of extreme market events. However, during the turmoil of the past few years, [...]
Foreign Intrigue
U.S. Stocks with Heavy Foreign Exposure: Company Listed followed by its % of Sales Outside North America Colgate-Palmolive 81 Avon Products 77 Coca-Cola 74 Autodesk 72 Aflac 72 Merck & Co. 70 Waters 70 Caterpillar 66 Nike 66 3M 64 Pfizer 58 Proctor & Gamble 57 You may be surprised by how big your foreign exposure is, [...]
Opportunities in International Investing
More and more, we are finding it easier to justify our higher allocations to international equities. Roughly 55% of the investable equity universe, by market cap, is outside of the U.S. Also, world GDP has outpaced the U.S. GDP every year this decade; moreover, emerging markets have seen average GDP growth since 2000 of 5.9% [...]
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