What Does the EV Craze Mean for Emerging Markets?
In a market filled with liquidity and searching eagerly for the next growth story, electric vehicle (EV) companies, and their supply chain are seeing a lot of flows. Most famously, Tesla shot up 7x in 2020 after finally turning a profit for the first time in its history.
Taiwan: “It’s More Than Just a Tech Stock” – What Asset Owners May Be Missing in Taiwan
The best performing emerging market of the past decade gets no love from investors. Taiwan is a perennial underweight for active global emerging market (GEM) funds, despite being the best performing market over the past decade.
A Challenging Environment for Quant Strategies
Although equity markets have been steadily rising, quantitative strategies have found it challenging to beat broad market indices, especially for the past three years. A number of macro catalysts, most notably, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, have created …
U.S. Fixed Income: Q4 2020 Update
A we put 2020 firmly in the rear-view mirror, we simultaneously contemplate the state of fixed income markets as we head into 2021. We spent much of our commentary budget last year discussing the massive dislocation and subsequent recovery in fixed income markets while also viewing these from a historical perspective.
Systematic Global Equities: Q4 2020 Update
2020, a year characterized by a global pandemic, saw dramatic reversals in sentiment and leadership in equity markets. After being panic-stricken in the first quarter when the pandemic broke out…
Q1 2021 Market Outlook: Now, Work on Having a Good 2021!
On January 6, 2020, the world watched in astonishment as a mob stormed through the U.S. Capitol to reject the legitimacy of the democratically elected candidate’s presidential victory. Once again, we were reminded that it is policy and not politics that drives risk asset performance.