PIMCO CIO Daniel Ivascyn warns of a potential economic downturn in the UK next year. Bond yields have already dropped significantly, and investors in the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF should monitor developments.
A mixed run for markets last week offered a partial reprieve, but the trend profile still skews negative overall, based on a broad measure of the major asset classes via a set of ETFs.
Most of the major asset classes scored gains last week, led by US real estate investment trusts, based on a set of ETFs through Friday’s close (Jan. 27).
Nearly every slice of the major asset classes bounced last week, led by strong gains in real estate shares and commodities, based on a set of ETFs through Friday’s close (Oct. 15). The only decline was in foreign high-yield bonds.
Amid ongoing concerns over inflation, commodities continued to rise, posting the strongest gain for an otherwise mixed week for global markets through Oct. 8, based on a set of ETFs.
Markets have unleashed on-again/off-again risk signals in recent history, more so than usual, and so the noisy climate has taken a toll on active risk management, at least for our three prop strategies.
Nearly every slice of the major asset classes posted a gain last week, based on a set of exchange traded funds, led by real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the US.
This past week saw another period of gains across asset classes as well as across the world. Additionally, global asset allocation continues to pay off for portfolio strategies.
Foreign and US property shares rallied last week, posting the strongest gains for the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange traded funds through Friday, May 21.
Our trio of proprietary strategies outperformed their common benchmark last week. Alas, the outperformance was in the form of lesser declines, but that still beats underperformance.
A rally across most global markets last week lifted all three of our proprietary strategies, which use the same 16-fund opportunity set that defines their benchmark. Here is a look at the results of our strategies throughout the past week.
Are we at the dawn of an extended run of dominance for global asset allocation after a relative performance drought? Unclear, but this week offered a reason to think that the dominance of all things US in asset-allocation may be coming to an end.
All three prop strategies and the G.B16 benchmark edged into record territory last week, suggesting that the bull run still will continue. Supporting the optimism, expectations are that the economic rebound will accelerate in the second quarter.
