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Global Weekly Commentary: Private markets as diversifiers
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Public markets were at the center of market action as risk assets sold off amid the spreading pandemic and then rebounded amid an overwhelming policy response.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Policy revolution: What’s next?
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Macroeconomic policy has gone through a needed revolution to cushion the coronavirus shock. It essentially aims to “go direct” and is blurring fiscal and monetary policies.
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Global Weekly Commentary: China emerges from virus lockdowns
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China’s economy – the first to enter lockdowns and the first to emerge from them – is restarting. We see the economy likely returning to near-trend growth by late 2020, supported by policy stimulus, especially on the monetary front.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Virus compels a strategic view revamp
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The coronavirus shock is reinforcing structural trends and introducing new ones, such as the policy revolution, surging sustainability wave and accelerating deglobalization. In many ways, the future is arriving fast.
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How We’re Positioning Portfolios to Outperform
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President and Global Chief Investment Officer Daniel Needham explains how asset valuation allows us to calculate expected returns for the long-term.
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Our Valuation-Driven Asset Allocation Views Looking Beyond COVID-19
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While we haven’t faced a global pandemic of this kind before and the path to normalization is uncertain, we are encouraged by the aggressive policy response from central banks and governments which we think will be effective in averting a financial crisis. Thus, we think the recent sell-off has created significant opportunities for long-term investors like us. Read our commentary to learn our latest thinking.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Inflation and the Merits of an Outcome-Based Strategy
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We save today to spend tomorrow, and at heart, our investments are meant to help increase our future purchasing power. To do so, our returns need to outpace inflation, which can be particularly challenging in uncertain times.
Join Andrew Lill, Americas CIO, and Marta Norton, head of Outcome-Based Strategies, who discuss our current views on inflation and how we design some portfolios to target inflation-plus returns.
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Where We See Opportunities Ahead
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The news today makes the short-term economic outlook uncertain. Yet, we invest for the long term, not just for the next few months or even years. Given the attractive valuations we saw near the end of the first quarter, we think long-term returns look much better for investors now than they did just three months ago.
Please join our discussion with President and Global Chief Investment Officer Daniel Needham, Co-Head of Target Risk Strategies Dan McNeela, and Head of US Equity Strategies Michael Corty.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
The SECURE Act: 4 Key Changes Advisors Need to Know About
At the end of last year, Congress passed the SECURE Act as part of the year-end appropriations bill and introduced some big changes to the retirement system in the U.S.
Many people saving for retirement probably will not notice anything all that different. However, financial advisors need to be aware of four key changes, particularly for clients near retirement.