Small caps have enjoyed a structural size premium (Chart 1 and Chart 2). Moreover, we have long maintained that high active share strategies are best deployed in less efficient market segments such as…
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As we ponder what has transpired since the beginning of 2020, and as we look back at the first quarter, we are struck by a plethora of thoughts given the monumental difference between how the year began and the quarter ended. To begin, the economic situation in which we find ourselves is…
The new decade of 2020 began in an unprecedented way. There were two distinct phases to the first quarter of the year. The first was characterized by an equity market surging to all-time highs despite concerns about a manufacturing slowdown, geopolitical tensions, and US political uncertainty.
Widespread social distancing has been akin to emergency sedation of global economic activity while the extensive fiscal and monetary stimulus has provided life support.
