Investors see value in FTSE 250 after election surprise
While investors aren’t finding as many buying opportunities after the general election, they are eyeing up the FTSE 250 stocks.
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While investors aren’t finding as many buying opportunities after the general election, they are eyeing up the FTSE 250 stocks.
Small cap equities provide better risk-adjusted returns than large caps, despite higher volatility, said Andrew Paisley, manager of Standard Life Investment’s European Smaller Companies Fund.
Factors can be important guidelines for investors because they can act as a counterbalance for behavioural biases, explains BMO’s Christopher Childs.
Guillermo Osses, head of emerging market debt at Man GLG, reveals where he see the best return opportunities. But he also issues a warning.
Sovereign wealth funds missed their return targets for the second year in a row in 2016, according to a study by Invesco. By focusing too much on the short term, they risk a longer spell of underperformance.
David Oliphant of Columbia Threadneedle Investments explains why he believes “fixed income lends itself rather nicely to both social investment and investment returns.
Ross Teverson explains why Jupiter AM’s investment philosophy in emerging markets is all centred on finding companies that bring about long-term positive change.
In this video clip, American Century Investment’s Bernard Chua identifies three areas in the technology space where investors can find specific opportunities.
Low-volatility funds have been in great demand over the past few years, with investors continuing to pour in money while pulling out of other equity funds, according to a Morningstar study. Considering the long-term performance of low-vol strategies, that is hardly a surprise.
Frontier markets tend to have a low correlation with other markets and are relatively insulated from disruptive global events. The asset class could therefore be a good diversifier.
There seems to be an investor consensus that EM stocks will continue to outperform both in the short and medium term. But what does that say about the absolute returns to be expected, and how should investors assess the dual threat Donald Trump and Fed rate hikes?
Willi Oberbeck, a fund selector at DZ PRIVATBANK, tells why he already started using alternative Ucits funds more than six years ago, long before demand for absolute returns started to really heat up.