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Portfolio Construction Insights
Optimizing Performance and Mitigating Volatility
In this edition of Envestat, we’re taking another look at the portfolio performance and examining outliers to determine what may be driving either positive performance or underperformance.
Tax Management
Your words matter! Especially when it comes to TAXES.
Russell Investments has crossed an important milestone with our Tax-Managed Model Strategies. We now have a 15+ year track record to talk about. One thing is very apparent: taxes are hard and the differences between approaches vary wildly.
Behavioral Finance
B is for behavioral mistakes—Preventing them may be your greatest value
In this post, we’ll tackle the behavioral mistakes that investors typically make.
Manager & Investment Selection
Is your wholesaler your BESTIE?
Have you ever called your wholesaler when you realized late in the game of planning a client event that you need additional funding?
Portfolio Construction Insights
Risk Speedometer: Easing off the brake
In January, the 1-month risk speedometer continued to remain below its 5-year average, recording a score of –0.61 and landing slightly above the 25th percentile of rankings. Similarly, based on the 3- and 12-month speedometers, the appetite for risk remained low.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Do your client portfolios carry hidden baggage?
How many of your client portfolios are built on yesterday’s thinking? Our tips for an upgrade.
Behavioral Finance
4 psychological reasons investors buy
Mike Gagala of Russell Investments walks through the four psychological reasons investors buy, from strongest to weakest.
Manager & Investment Selection
The six key components for choosing an index asset manager
Are all index asset managers the same? Learn what separates the best managers from the rest of the industry.
Behavioral Finance
Keeping Emotions in Check – A Historical Guide to Market Volatility
This piece is approved to use with clients.
One of the biggest challenges in investing is to stay focused and on course. Investors must look at the markets from a historical perspective for broader context, and to better understand why it is important to stay the course during both calm and perilous markets.