Best Blogs of the Week

Best Blogs of the Week #204

Posted by Anu Heda on Oct 05, 2015, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with ,

Best returns after a one issue hiatus. We have three posts from the previous two weeks to share covering China and multi-asset strategies.

Think Flexible with Emerging Markets –AB

“A midyear sell-off in emerging-market stocks highlighted the challenges investors face in volatile times. We think a flexible approach that spans the asset classes can help.”

Rethinking ‘safe haven’ assets multi-asset portfolios –Invesco

“While volatility may provide an additional diversification resource to investors, it is by no means a panacea — investors shouldn’t expect volatility instruments to completely replace other diversifying assets.”

An all-market approach to investing in China –Invesco

“In this changing investment landscape, we are seeing a growing trend toward investors adopting an all-market approach to investing in China.”

Best Blogs of the Week #202

Posted by Anu Heda on Sep 07, 2015, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with ,

Two posts this week without mention of volatility. The industry is awash in volatility-themed blog posts.

Is a Recession Coming? – BlackRock

“While I haven’t been overly bullish on U.S. growth, I believe this fear is overblown.”

Are You Forgetting Small Caps for Global Income? – WisdomTree

“Many investors wrongly assume that small-cap companies can’t afford to pay dividends because their main focus is on growth and they need to reinvest their earnings to support that growth.”

Best Blogs of the Week #201

Posted by Anu Heda on Aug 31, 2015, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with ,

What a week for the industry. We don’t often get to start the week with a 1,000 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. So everyone seems to be discussing volatility’s relation to the 1,000 point drop. And the industry posted too many posts related to volatility; we selected the single best chart below.

China Crisis –M & G

“However in this instance it is very difficult to infer much from the behaviour of the Chinese market which has behaved in a manner unconnected with fundamentals for some time.”

Volatility Chart –TIAA-CREF (newcomer!) best chart of the week 

This is a correction, right? –TIAA-CREF

“A correction occurs when a market index declines at least 10% from its peak. The S&P 500 Index, which hit an all-time high of 2,130 on May 21, had fallen to 1,868 on August 25, a 12% drop over the course of three months.”

Best Blogs of the Week #200

Posted by Anu Heda on Aug 25, 2015, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , , ,

Four interesting posts (from last week, so no mention of Monday’s wild day for US equities) to share covering domestic and international issues.

 Wrestling with the Costs of Crumbling Infrastructure –Lord Abbett

“There is some talk that oil price declines have made room for a gasoline tax hike, but otherwise, infrastructure spending will remain hostage to the many other demands already straining federal, state, and local budgets,” said Milton Ezrati.

Macro Matters: China’s Currency Move –PIMCO

If China were merely to embark on aggressive currency depreciation without further domestic monetary easing and market reforms, this should be seen as bad news. Chinese exporters would gain a competitive advantage…

3 Things the European Investment-Grade Fixed Income Team Talked About Last Week –Pioneer (interesting post; rough title) –

“Perhaps the reason that global bonds initially rallied was that the Renminbi (RMB) move was seen as a global deflationary move. A weaker RMB (and other Asian currencies) should mean weaker commodity prices…”

 Thoughts from the China Beige Book –WisdomTree

“… the Chinese currency appreciated by over 20%. The rise in the dollar resulted in the yuan becoming far more expensive compared to its Asian neighbors, which corroded its competitiveness. Given this steep rise in the value of the yuan, the 3% devaluation is rather small by comparison.”