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THE ARITHMETIC OF ASYMMETRY
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Anyone who has played a casual game of darts, say, at a bar or in the basement, knows an overarching rule of the game: it gets harder as it progresses. While rule systems vary, most games start with a wide-open board full of possibilities. But then, by the end, you’re aiming for the Double 18 and only the Double 18 to win. In short, it’s a game of precision that seems easy at first but becomes very, very hard by the end.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Globalization is Still Strong, but Changing
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Global integration has clearly not stopped, but it is changing. Even with the pandemic’s disruption of global supply chains and rising U.S.-China tensions, investors should continue to count on a world that seems to be further integrating, rather than falling apart.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: No Stopping China’s Restocking
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FIFO gives China the global distribution edge across export sectors, even those that fell.
Client Experience
[Infographic] - Importance of Avoiding Big Losses
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Understand how large losses can have a disproportionate effect on investors financially and emotionally.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
[Infographic] - Trailing vs Rolling Returns
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Understanding different ways to look at portfolio returns can help investors select more consistent investment strategies.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
[Infographic] - Arm Your Portfolio
How to mitigate the risk of large losses during unforeseen market events.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Math Matters: 4 Principles to help You Meet Your Financial Goals
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Learn the four math principles investors can take advantage of for successful goals-based investing.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Coiled Spring
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Exceptional garden pinks and yellows mark the arrival of seasonal spring, but the world’s economic data outline a “coiled spring".
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: Value or Values?
As investors increasingly seek strategies that both deliver returns and advance core values, asset managers have been testing different approaches.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Macro Update: The U.S. Grabs the Global Recovery Baton…
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Slow vaccination programs continue to delay the reopening of EU economies. The Fed showed that even with better growth and inflation outlooks, it remains committed to its accommodative stance. Elsewhere, China activity data so far this year shows the uneven recovery continues.
Alternative Investments
What is a Put Option?
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Simple, Straight Talk on Put Options.