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What Your Clients Need Now
Optimism is in the air this spring as we look forward to the prospect of returning to the activities we enjoyed pre-pandemic.
Retirement
The Not-So-Easy Steps to Investing Success
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While investors will always be looking for ways to time the markets, there are no shortcuts to investing success. Retirement Director Ben Rizzuto considers the lessons to be learned from the recent GameStop trading activity and outlines three steps to building a strategic long-term investing plan.
Retirement
Taking Stock of Emergency Savings Account Options
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The events of the past year have reinforced the importance of being financially prepared for unexpected emergencies. Retirement Director Ben Rizzuto discusses some of the options – both inside and outside of retirement plans – that are available for plan sponsors and business owners to help employees build up adequate savings.
Investing Ideas
Investing in Diversity: Analyzing the Investment Risks and Opportunities
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Olivia Gull, Analyst on the Governance and Responsible Investment Team, discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion from an investment perspective, and key indicators that investors can look out for when analyzing a company’s diverse culture.
Investing Ideas
Technology Fuels Long-Term Growth Prospects for Manufacturing
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Assistant Portfolio Manager David Chung discusses the ongoing recovery in the manufacturing sector and how technological innovation is helping drive longer-term growth in certain industries.
Investing Ideas
Whitepaper: The Case for Active Management within Agency MBS
Investors should consider an allocation to agency MBS because, as an asset class with little to no credit risk, it has historically delivered strong absolute and risk-adjusted returns, with low correlation to equities. MBS have demonstrated their defensive capabilities across a variety of market conditions, making it an attractive asset class in today’s environment. MBS’ favorable liquidity profile combined with its inherent complexity creates alpha opportunities, making it an attractive candidate to potentially add both alpha and diversity in sources of return to an investor’s portfolio.