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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) over the weekend, the biggest bank failure in U.S. history after Washington Mutual in 2008, seemingly caught both regulators and markets off guard, and triggered fears of contagion across the global banking sector. In response, on Sunday night (March 12), U.S. policymakers (the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) announced emergency measures to shore up the U.S. banking system.
Direct Indexing and the IKEA Effect
The “IKEA effect” describes a cognitive bias that happens when people put in some form of labor to complete a project or finish a creation. Direct indexing won’t solve the behavior gap, but it has the potential to create better investor behaviors by allowing investors to play a larger role in the portfolio-building process.
International equities: Poised for recovery
Making the case for international value investing—thoughts from Templeton Global Equity Group on why now’s the time to consider expanding one’s investment horizons.
MarketScape: What China’s Reopening Could Mean for Inflation and the Global Economy
China’s decision to relax strict lockdowns has investors re-evaluating their assumptions. Chief Investment Strategist for EMEA and APAC Wouter Sturkenboom explores how China’s reopening may change the global investment outlook.
Mortgage-backed securities: Priced for imperfection?
Head of U.S. Securitized Products John Kerschner and Portfolio Manager Nick Childs explain why they believe key risks are now largely priced in to fixed income markets, with selective areas – particularly mortgage-backed securities (MBS) – presenting an opportunity to provide favorable rick-adjusted returns.
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise as the Fed holds steady
U.S. Treasury yields rose again on strong inflation data. The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged as expected, but the guidance for future policy was more hawkish than anticipated.
Interest Rates and Elections
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) finishes its May meetings on monetary policy today. The Fed is expected raise interest rates by 50 basis points, which would be the first rate hike of more than 25 basis points since 2000.
Webcast: Navigating A New Rates Regime
The stimulus actions employed by central banks since the start of the pandemic have dramatically altered the fixed income landscape. Are rates stuck near zero for the foreseeable future, or will inflation and a growing debt mountain force a change?
A Broader Tilt to Value
Value stocks, including those outside the U.S., have cheap valuations and could benefit from an improving economic environment.
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise again on stronger inflation data
U.S. Treasury yields rose again after U.S. consumer price inflation surprised marginally to the upside. The European Central Bank (ECB) delivered a dovish hike last week, and all eyes are on the U.S. Federal Reserve this week.
Global Weekly Commentary: New regime fuels narrative flip flops
We‘re in an unprecedented macro environment that is driving constant shifts in the market narrative: from hopes of avoiding recession to fears good macro news could be bad for markets in just a few months. We see the market moving with data as if we’re in a normal business cycle.
5 Lessons From 5 Decades of Asset Allocation
At Morningstar Investment Management, our asset allocation approach has drawn on our research spanning five decades. Some lessons have stood the test of time and continue to inform our thinking today. We unpack five key lessons that we believe are vital to be a great asset allocator today.