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Active/Passive Management
Adding alpha through active management and a consumer sector focus
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Growth in emerging market economies and equity markets continues to be driven by rising levels of income and consumer spending by an expanding middle class.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks climb, but so does unemployment
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Equities ended higher, with the S&P 500 Index up 1.7%. The U.S. dollar was down for the sixth straight week, hitting its lowest level since May 2018.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Investment Commentary: Technology stocks drag equities lower
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All major equity indexes finished lower last week, with the S&P 500 down 0.3% and the technology-heavy NASDAQ down more than 1%.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks grind higher, but risks remain elevated
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Stock prices rose for a third consecutive week, bringing prices back to where they were in early June. Investors largely shrugged off news of growing coronavirus cases in many areas of the U.S. and world and looked past possibilities of renewed economic shutdowns.
Active/Passive Management
Active equity managers may outperform in the coronavirus era
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Equity investors continue to debate the merits of active versus passive management. But rather than frame the discussion in absolute terms, at Nuveen we believe it’s more important to understand how and why different market environments tend to favor either an active or passive approach. The investment landscape in the era of coronavirus invites such an inquiry.
Market Outlooks
10 predictions for 2020: Midyear update | Improving conditions but growing risks
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Bob Doll updates his 2020 10 Predictions and provides views on the direction of the economy and financial markets.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Investment Commentary: The summer market churn continues
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Despite day-to-day and week-to-week volatility, stocks prices remain little changed over the past couple of months. Last week, the S&P 500 Index rose 1.8% to a level slightly below where it was one month ago.