02/10/2023
While many see the recently falling market breadth as a negative for equities, rapidly falling market breadth hasn’t foretold bear markets, and in fact, often proceeds very positive equity returns. We believe falling market breadth is a false fear, creating space for the new bull market to continue.
02/10/2023
Semiconductor companies were generally hit hard during 2022’s bear market but have bounced strongly this year. Looking forward, the industry is anticipating a strong recovery out of the semiconductor downcycle and excitement around artificial intelligence.
05/07/2023
Widely discussed fears such as a US recession, regional banking fears or high valuations likely impacts equities far less than feared, and we remain bullish on the US heading into the second half of 2023.
07/04/2022
We believe we are in a late cycle environment and are thus overweight larger capitalisation, Growth, high-quality equities as these style factors typically outperform towards the end of a bull market.
27/01/2022
Equity market volatility re-emerged over the last few weeks, but in our view, today’s issues are well-known, pre-priced concerns typically characteristic of short-term sentiment-driven volatility.
23/12/2021
Included in our Equity Outlook, you will find our current economic, political and sentiment market drivers for selected regions in global developed and emerging markets.
27/09/2021
Included in our Equity Outlook, you will find our current economic, political and sentiment market drivers for selected regions in global developed and emerging markets.
31/08/2021
As investor concerns surrounding regulatory developments coming from US, EU and China intensifies, we highlight our views as to why we think it is unlikely that their worst fears are realised.
02/07/2021
The rise of the Electric Vehicle (EV) has been a hot topic recently with media highlighting how new entrants to the automobile industry can change the future. This content piece seeks to discuss the automobile industry and EV trends at large.
09/04/2021
This paper discusses the reasons for recent volatility within the Chinese equity market as well as short-term and long-term investment opportunities within the space.
05/04/2021
This paper seeks to explore what factors could influence a transition in leadership from developed markets to emerging markets. Through a top-down lens, we look at economic, political and sentiment drivers that influence investment returns in each category.
30/03/2021
In this paper, we will explore why investors are worried about index concentration risk as well as demonstrate why focusing on cyclicality of market is critical.
23/03/2021
This paper highlights our current views on South Africa and explains how ESG issues, viewed from a top-down perspective, can influence our investment decisions.
16/03/2021
For applicable strategies, positioning within Brazil is based on both country fundamental convictions, as well as broader sector preferences. The overweight is based on three main convictions, deployed across Resources and Commodities, Financials and Consumer Discretionary.
15/03/2021
Included in our Equity Outlook, you will find our current economic, political and sentiment market drivers for selected regions in global developed and emerging markets.
18/02/2021
When value equities led briefly in Q4 2020 driven by positive COVID-19 vaccine news, some investors presumed it was the start of a longer-lasting leadership rotation that would benefit banks, one of the largest value industries. While that rally has since faded, some suspect it previews what is to come once economies begin to reopen.
17/02/2021
This paper seeks to explore a key ESG related theme, the future of US Oil Demand and Rise of Electric Vehicles, for potential opportunities & associated risks.
27/11/2018
In our view, the Big Growth and Small Value performance cycle is linked to the business cycle and yield curve. We also believe the flattening yield curve and cyclical shift from investment–driven growth to consumption-driven growth points to Big Growth outperformance moving forward.
31/12/2016
China’s economic miracle—its 30-plus year path of rapid advance and development to become the world’s second-largest economy—is often seen as uniquely Chinese, an isolated case of policymakers luckily pulling all the right levers to conjure growth. To us, though, a longer perspective shows China’s miracle bears broad similarities to Taiwan’s, Korea’s and Japan’s (with some admittedly Chinese characteristics). We believe a look at how China’s “miracle” resembles those before it—and at some key differences—can add valuable perspective on its present situation and the likely path forward.
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