October 04, 2021 Searching for Companies with Pricing Power as Inflation Looms by James T. Tierney, Jr., Dev Chakrabarti A wave of inflation is rolling through the economy. To be successful, companies must have pricing power in their business quiver. Equities, Inflation, Invest for Growth Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
September 21, 2021 ECB Strategy: Has the PEPP Had Its Day? The ECB is likely to announce the end of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme—but what will this mean for euro-area bond yields? Economics, Fixed Income, Inflation, Low-Yield Environment, Rising Rates Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
September 14, 2021 How Populism May Sway Policies in Emerging Markets by Adriaan du Toit COVID-19 has aggravated inequality and social problems across EM economies, fueling populism. Key ESG metrics can help show potential pressure points. Economics, Emerging Markets, Fixed Income, Inflation, Responsible Investing/ESG Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
September 10, 2021 When Will Inflation Lift Off? Disruptions and dislocations associated with COVID-19 mean current economic data may not be a reliable guide to the future. But by turning to the past, we find compelling evidence that inflation regime change is accelerating. Economic Outlook, Economics, Fixed Income, Inflation, Low-Yield Environment, Rising Rates Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
September 01, 2021 What’s the Policy Playbook for the Inflation Endgame? A shift in the inflation landscape is underway. But what will the new regime look like? Economic Outlook, Economics, Fixed Income, Inflation, Low-Yield Environment, Rising Rates Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
August 19, 2021 Can Advances in Technology Keep a Lid on Inflation? Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, but will this be enough to offset the impact of a higher-inflation regime? Not necessarily. Economic Outlook, Economics, Fixed Income, Inflation, Low-Yield Environment, Rising Rates Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
August 05, 2021 Will Policy Changes Open the Door to Higher Inflation? As policy priorities change, we believe inflation is on the verge of an important shift higher. Economic Outlook, Economics, Fixed Income, Inflation, Low-Yield Environment, Rising Rates Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
July 30, 2021 Is Your Target-Date Fund Providing Enough Inflation Protection? by Christopher Nikolich, Vinod Chathlani, Elena Wang With inflation on the rise in the post-pandemic recovery spending power for plan participants near or in retirement could be vulnerable. Target-date funds have tools at their disposal to battle inflation, but if they’re not deployed effectively, it could end up exacting a performance cost. Asset Allocation, Inflation, Plan Design, Target-Date Solutions Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
July 26, 2021 Brace (But Not Too Much) for the CPI Roller-Coaster Second-quarter Australian CPI could be much higher than expected. Coming on top of the country’s strong economic performance and talk among some central banks about “normalising” policy, the news could unsettle investors. But we don’t think they need to worry—or, at least, not just yet. Economics, Fixed Income, Inflation Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
July 06, 2021 Earnings Bounce Poses Quality Test for Equity Investors by Chris Hogbin With earning rebounding across sectors, investors should lean on quality to find stocks that will perform well in a normalizing world economy. Coronavirus, Equities, Inflation, Invest for Growth Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
June 30, 2021 What Are Bond Investors Thinking? Their Three Top Concerns by Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld We address the three most common investor concerns we’re hearing today—inflation, tapering and climate risk. Plus, a bonus worry (if you’re not thinking about this risk, you should be). Fixed Income, Inflation, Invest for Efficient Income, Responsible Investing/ESG, Rising Rates, Tech & Innovation Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
June 23, 2021 This Too Shall Pass: The Micro Case for Transitory Inflation by Susan Hutman, Robert Hopper, Eric Winograd The macroeconomic picture suggests the recent uptick in US inflation is temporary. But is it? We dig into the micro data that makes the case. Economic Outlook, Economics, Fixed Income, Inflation Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks
June 18, 2021 Getting Real About Rebuilding Inflation Protection by Vinod Chathlani, Mark Gleason With inflation on many investors’ minds today, thoughts are turning to possible portfolio design adjustments to counter the risk. Based on the dwindling real-asset allocations we’ve seen, we think rebalancing into a diversified exposure to these investments is a good place to start. Asset Allocation, Inflation, Multi-Asset Likes 0 SHARE Bookmarks