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What’s Next for U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equities?
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Portfolio Manager Doug Rao explains the current dynamic in large-cap growth equities and evaluates the outlook moving forward.
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Optimism for a Renewed Focus on Fundamentals in Small- and Mid-Cap Growth
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Portfolio Manager Jonathan Coleman discusses why a return to normalcy following the COVID-19 crisis could support small- and mid-cap equities and lead to a broadening of the market.
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Expect Less Volatility in 2021, but Uncertainties Remain
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Co-Head of Equities George Maris discusses the uncertainties investors will need to prepare for in the year ahead, despite his expectation that the extreme levels of volatility we experienced this year will diminish in 2021.
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How the Return to “Normal” Could Reshape Markets
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With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic hopefully in sight, the options market is signaling that the return to “normal” could prompt the reversal of long-standing market trends, while new digital habits are likely here to stay.
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Weekly Macro Update: A Secret Plan for America’s New China Policy
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It’s based on the reviled and maligned Trans-Pacific Partnership, so don’t tell anyone.
Retirement
Plan Talk: How to Use Client Motivations to Encourage Better Social Security Decisions
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Many American workers fear that the Social Security trust could be depleted in the not-so-distant future, which may lead some individuals to collect their benefits early – a decision that can significantly reduce their earned benefit. In this episode of Plan Talk, Retirement Director Ben Rizzuto explains research-based techniques that can be used to help ensure people more fully consider their options and make better decisions regarding when to claim this important earned benefit.
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Weekly Macro Update: Why it’s so Hard to go Bankrupt… And Why That Will Change
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Massive policy response has firms awash in liquidity, but 2021 will bring solvency challenges that investors need to watch closely.
Fixed Income Insights
The Shape of Credit
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In this Q&A, Portfolio Managers Jason England, Nick Maroutsos and Dan Siluk discuss the factors shaping credit markets, from central bank support to potential resilience from financials.
Key Takeaways
- Corporate earnings and cash flows are under strain, but while defaults are likely to increase, they should continue to be largely contained to sub-investment-grade issuers.
- Massive and proactive central bank support measures have injected confidence into markets, but this does not preclude sporadic bouts of future volatility and warrants a selective approach.
- We believe more resilient opportunities are likely to be found in higher-quality, shorter-dated investment-grade issues and continue to favor financial sector bonds and corporates with defensive attributes.