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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 Market Compass: I believe a robust, inclusive economic recovery is in the cards
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Happy New Year! No one wants a year in review for 2020, but here is what I learned from the past year: History may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme. What we learned from 2020 is a repeat of the lesson we learned from the global financial crisis (GFC): Central banks are very powerful.
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Weekly Market Compass: Brian Levitt and Talley Léger continue their discussion about what could impact a 2021 economic recovery
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The “recovery” trade is a hot topic of conversation, and so far the trends appear to support that storyline. But it’s important to watch out for blind spots and biases. Recently, we sat down to discuss what we’re seeing in the markets and the questions that could surprise us in 2021.
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Weekly Market Compass: I Address nine issues to follow over the next few weeks
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This is the last blog of the year for me. And what a year it has been — one full of loss. Loss of people, first and foremost, and also of businesses. It was just reported the other day that New York icon The 21 Club will be closing for good, the latest of many service-related businesses to sadly fall victim to the pandemic. I think we are all eagerly waiting to close the books on 2020 and looking forward to brighter days in 2021.
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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2021 Market GPS: Equities Outlook
The message to take away from 2020 is that the rules are changing. Traditional fiscal and monetary policy has been replaced by exceptional measures to prop up economies and protect jobs in the face of a global pandemic, while increasingly antagonistic relations between countries have ushered in an era of heightened macro and political uncertainty.
Head of Diversified Alternatives David Elms and Diversified Alternatives Portfolio Managers Steve Cain and Aneet Chachra consider the impact of 2020 on investment markets. They explore some of the areas they are looking at as potential risks (and opportunities) for investors as we move into 2021 and explain why they believe that investors should look beyond traditional investment vehicles for real diversification and volatility mitigation.