…these countries lower than that of the developed markets, their recovery [from Covid-19] will be faster. The vaccine, of course, helps, but more important is the psychology. As people begin…
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Long-Term Wins Possible in Large-Cap Value Stocks
…do so. While healthcare may be an obvious choice given the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, Eley says his firm targets companies “that were profitable all along” regardless of their…
Technology: A New Asset Class
Although tech stocks were getting plenty of attention before the emergence of Covid-19, “the pandemic and associated lockdowns have changed the calculus,” according to a recent article in CFA Institute….
Berkshire and Buffett Reveal New Buys
…investment deputies, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, reshaped the portfolio over the last year as Covid-19 struck the U.S.,” the article says, adding, “The company was heavily invested in the…
Gundlach Calls 2021 The Year of Regime Change
…Gundlach’s comments: “You need to fully reverse the negative performance—and get back to pre-COVID GDP trend.” He noted that the GDP trend growth was about 2.5% since 2016 and we…
Ray Dalio: Market Ebullience Down in 2021
…asserted his belief that while Europe was hard-hit in the short term by Brexit and then again by the Covid-19 pandemic, he believes that over time the EU will do…
2020’s Top Performing Hedge Funds
…huge sums of money as the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the globe and central banks unleashed unprecedented stimulus to contain the economic carnage.” On the losing side, the article reports that…
Quants Seeing Record High Correlations
…investors to crowd into “stay-at-home haven trades, turning them into extreme momentum and low-volatility bets. Meanwhile, Covid-sensitive shares are moving in the opposing direction to notch a strong negative correlation…
Quants Trounced by Human-Run Hedge Funds in Covid Year
After a long stretch of being outperformed by computer-driven quant strategies, human stock-pickers won out in 2020 bolstered by “aggressive bets in technology and the flood of central bank money…
The Recent Rally for Value Might Not Last
…Covid-19 vaccine distribution program underway and the new fiscal stimulus package, the article notes that the “recent rotation into value may merely be a function of an expectation that economic…