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Guide to ESG Investing
Even through the downturn in early 2020, you may have noticed clients still considering investments in line with their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) values. Our four-step guide provides a framework for discussing sustainable investing as part of your financial planning process.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Sustainable Investing: The New Normal?
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Think of it as investing with a conscience. In these exceptional times, investors are grappling with how they can reach their goals without compromising their values. Portfolio Manager Paul Arnold discusses how sustainable investing aims to generate competitive long-term financial returns as well as positive societal impact.
Investing Ideas
Ask the PMs: Outlook and Positioning in Our Asset Allocation Portfolios
Senior Portfolio Manager/Co-Head of Target Risk Strategies Dan McNeela and Portfolio Manager, Active Asset Allocation, Michelle Ward will talk about positioning in our Asset Allocation series and their outlook for key asset classes.
Investing Ideas
Ask the PM: Dividend Strategies
Join Portfolio Manager George Metrou, who will discuss where he's seeing opportunities in the current market and how the economic slowdown has affected how he manages our Dividend portfolios today.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Inflation and the Merits of an Outcome-Based Strategy
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We save today to spend tomorrow, and at heart, our investments are meant to help increase our future purchasing power. To do so, our returns need to outpace inflation, which can be particularly challenging in uncertain times.
Join Andrew Lill, Americas CIO, and Marta Norton, head of Outcome-Based Strategies, who discuss our current views on inflation and how we design some portfolios to target inflation-plus returns.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Behavioral Advisor Perspectives and Practices for Uncharted Waters
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These are uncertain times. We work with great advisors that have shared their observations and resources with us and we thought you might find some of this helpful.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Behavioral Advisor: The Power of Planning
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Planning is a powerful tool to help investors succeed and achieve better outcomes. The table below highlights the benefits of planning taken from a study on retirement planning among Americans over age 50.
Manager & Investment Selection
Strategy Series: Strategy Preference Can Indicate Expected Stock Market Return
Rather surprisingly, the equity strategy framework can provide an estimate of current expected stock market returns. This is accomplished by measuring the recent investor response to each strategy, which, it turns out, captures the deep behavioral currents driving market returns. The resulting information is useful when managing equity market exposure.