NDR Fixed Income Allocation Strategy February 2021 Update
The NDR Fixed Income Allocation Strategy entered the month with aggressive positioning. Both Emerging Markets and U.S. High Yield received large overweight allocations. None of EM's macro, fundamental, technical, or behavioral indicators were bearish at the start of the month. Click the link below to read more about the strategy's positioning.
C8 Bulletin: Is the 60-40 Split Dead? (Advisor Hub)
BY JON WEBB
C8's CEO, Mattias Eriksson, proposes an alternative to this traditional equity-bond mix that results in better and more robust investment outcomes. It is achieved through a combination of adding uncorrelated alternative constituents and using modern portfolio construction methods.
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Thoughts From the Divide – Lessons Learned
BY JON WEBB
If the saying is that we’re always fighting the last war, Chair Powell and his Fed comrades appear to be shellshocked. Not so long ago, when asked about where the FOMC’s collective thinking was, Mr Powell went with the rather cumbersome formulation “not thinking about thinking about” rate hikes. This time around, when asked about the various ins and outs of potential rate cuts, Powell said point blank that “the next question… is when it will become appropriate to begin dialing back the amount of policy restraint that’s in place… that’s really the next question, and that’s what people are thinking about and talking about”.
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Trump’s WEF Address, Earnings Season Continues
BY TEMATICA
January Flash PMI data coming up and how it may impact next week's Fed policy meeting
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