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Alternative Investments
Spring training for alternatives investors
A primary goal of spring training is getting the players back to basics by focusing on the fundamentals of the game. By doing so, the players ensure they are ready to go when the season begins. In honor of spring training, I’d like to take investors back to the basics and fundamentals of alternative investments (or alts).
Portfolio Construction Insights
Risk Speedometer: Easing off the brake
In January, the 1-month risk speedometer continued to remain below its 5-year average, recording a score of –0.61 and landing slightly above the 25th percentile of rankings. Similarly, based on the 3- and 12-month speedometers, the appetite for risk remained low.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Do your client portfolios carry hidden baggage?
How many of your client portfolios are built on yesterday’s thinking? Our tips for an upgrade.
Manager & Investment Selection
The six key components for choosing an index asset manager
Are all index asset managers the same? Learn what separates the best managers from the rest of the industry.
Manager & Investment Selection
Strategy Series: Strategy Preference Can Indicate Expected Stock Market Return
Rather surprisingly, the equity strategy framework can provide an estimate of current expected stock market returns. This is accomplished by measuring the recent investor response to each strategy, which, it turns out, captures the deep behavioral currents driving market returns. The resulting information is useful when managing equity market exposure.
Tax Management
Deep Dive: Going Global - Tax-Smart Investing on the International Stage
Join Sophie Antal Gilbert, a Consulting Director at Russell Investments and Jon Eggins a Senior Portfolio Manager for Global Equities at Russell Investments, as they explore some of the potential benefits and challenges of international tax-smart investing.
Tax Management
2018 Capital Gain Distributions: Won’t get fooled again
Capital gain distributions are something that investors often don’t pay attention to until late in the fourth quarter. But several events are coming together to make the tracking and monitoring of capital gain distributions a year-round exercise.
Tax Management
Deep Dive: The Six Questions Advisors Should Ask About Tax-Smart Investing
Join Sophie Antal Gilbert, a Consulting Director at Russell Investments and Rob Kuharic an Investment Strategist for Tax-Managed, at Russell Investments, as they explore the 6 most common questions we hear from advisors about tax-smart investing.