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Commodities Marched Downward During Month Of Volatility
It is difficult to accurately express the magnitude of the health, societal, and economic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the lens of the commodities markets, the economic impact has been swift and severe.
Pandemic Affects Canadian Sectors Differently: Evidence From The Information Technology Sector
The S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index gained a whopping 62% in 2019, topping all other Canadian equity sectors and beating the broad market S&P/TSX Composite by about 40%.
Playing Defense With Profitability Screening In Australian Small Caps
The defensive characteristic of the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Select Index was also seen in the recent market downturn.
Distressed In Distressing Times
The negative effects of the current market can be seen in S&P U.S. High Yield Corporate Distressed Bond Index's performance as the index is down more than twice as much as its parent index on both a month-to-date and year-to-date basis.
Variations In REIT Sectors – Time To Go Defensive
Equity REITs as a whole have faced challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; however, REIT sectors reacted differently in response to evolving economic conditions.
Wash Your Hands Of Market Timing With Risk Control
Life has changed. With that change, the S&P Europe 350 lost a third of its market capitalization in just a month. The market may have subsequently ticked up, but with volatility still high, it may be premature to call the bottom.
Rapid Reset
So far in 2020, volatility has spiked across nearly all asset classes. If this holds, these levels would be at least double anything we’ve seen over the past 10 years.
Federal Reserve Becomes Buyer Of Last Resort
Dropping rates to 0% and adding over USD 1 trillion to the funding markets did little to abate the severity of the situation.
Riding Through Volatility With The S&P Balanced Global Bond And Equity Futures Index
The S&P Balanced Global Bond and Equity Futures Index is designed to deliver consistent returns through various market cycles.
Why The S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index Rose More Than VIX In March
The reason for this is that March was a time for catching up. In February, the spot jumped 113%, while the front two months’ futures lagged, rising 44% and 30%, respectively, thereby leading to a 134% and 146% respective catch-up in March.
Low Volatility Strategies In Times Of High Volatility
The effect of the coronavirus has transformed global and local markets, as well as their behavior.
Putting Defensive Indices To The Test
Defensive equity indices are, after all, still equities; we hope that they will mitigate losses in the underlying benchmarks, but they’ll still go down, perhaps substantially.
U.S. Corporate Debt Market Under Pressure
Since mid-February, the market has turned sharply down in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Multi-Asset Income Strategies In A Low Interest Rate Environment
Investors seeking exposure to income-generating strategies may first consider extending into high-yield corporates or leveraged loans, but viable alternatives exist in other asset classes.
Some Sectors Are Slippery Slopes As Markets Head Downhill
While ski resorts in the Northern Hemisphere were hampered by a mild end of winter, the downhill we are all experiencing has introduced a level of uncertainty and volatility beyond the slopes.
29 Days Later
On February 19th, the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high of 3386, last night, exactly one month later it closed at 2409, a 29% decline from the high.
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