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Focus on Equities: Uncertainty and Volatility Create Opportunity
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Individual stock prices move around much more frequently than business value. At Morningstar Investment Management, we embrace stock price volatility as it provides opportunities to improve our portfolios. We are more optimistic about the long-term outcomes for our portfolios today than we were at the start of 2022. Here's why.
Investing Ideas
As ETFs Boom, Trading Strategies Matter in a Volatile Market
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Capital markets haven’t been an easy road for investors to navigate in 2022, due to a bear market, red-hot inflation and rising correlations that have hampered diversification. Traditional safe havens for long-term investors have struggled too, with cash and Treasuries facing a rising-rate environment alongside historically high levels of market volatility. This uncertainty is one of the reasons behind what could be a record-breaking year in trading volume for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) due to their ability to provide investors with access to a wide variety of market sectors, attractive liquidity and low fees. In addition, many investors are using this vehicle for its tax-loss-harvesting properties as 2022 draws to a bumpy close. All of these benefits have led to a flurry of activity within ETF trading, with one sector in particular— actively managed ETFs—seeing a notable surge in popularity.
Investing Ideas
Equity Outlook: Bracing for an Economic Slowdown
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Spiking inflation, rising interest rates and growing fears of a US recession dominated global equity markets in the second quarter. While the outlook is very cloudy, it’s important to evaluate what types of strategies can help investors in an economic downturn.
Sustainable Investing
Demonstrating a Commitment to Sustainable Investing
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It's vital for financial advisors to be able to understand which values are important to their clients. Paul Arnold, Portfolio Manager, and Dan Kemp, Chief Investment Officer, EMEA, discuss how advisors can better understand why ESG is important to a client–whether it’s the expression of one’s values or something else.
Active/Passive Management
The Changing Nature of Active Management
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Research shows that investors need to not only be active to outperform; they need to be patient. President and Global CIO Daniel Needham discusses why we believe the changing nature of active management is an opportunity and an advantage--and how to help investors understand the inherent benefits of staying the course.
Portfolio Construction Insights
How a Bond Ladder Can Offer Stability in Any Market Condition
A bond ladder, or a portfolio of individual bonds whose maturity dates are staggered over a set number of years, is designed to provide a predictable income stream while minimizing exposure to interest-rate fluctuations. We explore why an investor might consider holding a bond ladder, risks, and our expectations for the current rate environment.