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AAM Viewpoints: 2020 Mid-Year Fixed Income Review
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The first half of 2020 was a tale of two very different markets. The first quarter (Q1) was one for the record books as many of us looked forward to an end to the global lockdown and a return to normalcy.
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Overconfident? Cognitively Rigid? How Investors Can Make Better Decisions by Dealing With Emotions and Biases
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Sarah Newcomb, director of behavioral science at Morningstar, Inc., discusses emotions brought on by market loss, talks about how they can affect decisions, and offers some ways to cope. Ryan Murphy, head of decision sciences at Morningstar Investment Management, discusses cognitive biases to watch out for and ways investors can make better decisions.
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‘Essential Businesses’: Managing Focused Stock Portfolios in a COVID-19 World
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Our equity portfolio managers talk about how they're navigating the COVID-19 crisis and their outlook.
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U.S. vs. International Stocks: Will Next Decade’s Performance Look Different From the Last?
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International equity markets have trailed the U.S. for more than a decade. Does that make this asset class an opportunity or a value trap? We describe why we think international markets are poised for outperformance.
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After the Rebound, Is It Time to Sell?
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We believe markets have priced in a fairly optimistic economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, but some markets have increased significantly, while others have lagged. Here’s our take on long-term opportunities.
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AAM Viewpoints: What do Valuations Typically do in the aftermath of Bear Markets?
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The broad equity market as measured by the S&P 500 index has rebounded sharply off the March 23 lows gaining 41.7% (price basis) as of this writing (3/23/20 to 7/08/20).
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AAM Viewpoints: Why Sustainability is having a “Good Crisis”
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Sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) are the new buzz words in investing but – despite their popularity – they are often poorly understood.
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AAM Viewpoints: Municipal Market’s Swift Recovery Overshadows Tailwinds
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One thing is for certain, there has been no lack of conversation surrounding the shape of the recovery across both equity and fixed income markets.
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AAM Viewpoints: Recession Now Official; New Bull Market Emerges
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In my Viewpoints commentary from mid-March, we were in the throes of a record selloff with a drop in asset prices across all asset classes. The COVID-19 pandemic was firmly entrenched in the northeast United States and spreading quickly.