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Finding Stocks with Staying Power: The Quality Dimension White Paper
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Quality in stocks can be measured in different ways. Yet the characteristics of resilient companies have something in common—they tend to underpin consistent, long-term equity return potential. Over the last decade, the MSCI World Quality Index returned 12.4% annualized, outperforming the MSCI World Index (Display 1). And during past market crises, quality stocks usually fell less than the broader market, a pattern that we’ve observed over longer time periods and in both US and global stock markets.
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The forecasters were right
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Just how good an indicator of future performance are earnings predictions? Portfolio Manager Aneet Chachra considers the historical value of forecasts, and questions whether investors can use them to help guide their investment decisions, as we look ahead to 2023.
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In defense of defensive fixed income: The case for adding duration
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Senior Portfolio Strategist Lara Reinhard outlines three reasons why investors with the appropriate risk tolerance and objectives might consider adding intermediate-duration bonds back to their fixed income portfolios.
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The Fed and CLOs: Well aligned?
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Portfolio Managers John Kerschner, Nick Childs, and Jessica Shill discuss why they believe collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) might be well aligned with a hawkish Fed.
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Sustainable equity in 2023: a year for reshoring, rebuilding and electrification
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Hamish Chamberlayne, Head of Global Sustainable Equities, provides his investment outlook for 2023 and outlines three key themes that mean there is much to look forward to.
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Is green hydrogen a net zero game changer?
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Portfolio manager Tal Lomnitzer discusses how the global race to net zero is driving investment into the low-carbon energy transition, and why green hydrogen sits at the centre of this megatrend.