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James Picerno

Editor at The ETF Asset Class Performance Review
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James Picerno is a veteran financial journalist and has been writing about portfolio strategies, investment products, and macroeconomics since the early 1990s at Bloomberg, Dow Jones and other media groups before becoming an independent writer/analyst/consultant in 2008. He’s currently ...more
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Record High For S&P 500 Spawns New Round Of Bubble Talk
Thursday, February 6, 2020 8:14 AM EDT
The US stock market (S&P 500) rallied to a record high on Wednesday (Feb. 5), which unleashed fresh warnings from some corners of elevated bubble risk.
In this article: SPX
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Tech Soars, Energy Sinks So Far In 2020 Equity Sector Horse Race
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 7:41 AM EDT
US equity sector performance in 2020 is a study in contrasts. At the high end of year-to-date results: technology shares.
In this article: SPY, XLE, XLK
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Risk Premia Forecasts: Major Asset Classes - Tuesday, February 4
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 8:18 AM EDT
The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index was steady in January after edging higher in recent months. Today’s revised estimate leaves GMI’s long-term ex ante return at an annualized 5.0%.
In this article: EEM
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What Are You Expecting For Risk Premia?
Friday, January 31, 2020 10:41 AM EDT
A key part of informed decision-making on asset allocation is estimating future risk premia and using those projections to influence weights in the portfolio.
In this article: BND, IVE, IVW, IWB, IWM
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US Bonds Roar Out Of The Gate In 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020 7:48 AM EDT
The new year is not quite a month old but that hasn’t stopped US bonds from piling up impressive returns. For the strongest corners of fixed income, it’s fair to say that 2020 has been spectacular so far, based on a set of exchange-traded funds.
In this article: BND, JNK, SPY, TLT
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Will Coronavirus Risk Influence Today’s Fed Meeting?
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 7:41 AM EDT
The Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged in today’s policy announcement, but the market is repricing yields lower as the crowd embraces safe-haven Treasuries anew as concerns mount that the worst is yet to come.
In this article: IEF, TYX
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Moderate US Growth Expected In This Week’s Q4 GDP Report
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:35 AM EDT
The coronavirus that’s roiling China and beyond is creating uncertainty about global economic activity in early 2020.
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Virus Worries Weighed On Stocks As REITs, Bonds Rose Last Week
Monday, January 27, 2020 8:07 AM EDT
China’s spreading coronavirus took a bite out of risk assets late last week, inducing a run into safe havens.
In this article: BND, GSG, VNQ, VTI
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US Continues To Lead Global Equity Markets So Far In 2020
Friday, January 24, 2020 7:40 AM EDT
Shares in American companies dominated last year’s bull run in stock markets around the world and 2020 is a repeat performance, at least through yesterday’s close.
In this article: ILF, SPY, VT
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Correlations Profile; Major Asset Classes - Thursday, Jan. 23
Thursday, January 23, 2020 7:46 AM EDT
Return correlations for the major asset classes have edged down in recent years, which implies that diversification opportunities have increased, if only marginally.
In this article: BND, VEA, VTI, VWO
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Momentum Stocks Roar Higher In 2020 Start For Equity Factors
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:52 AM EDT
The year is still young but so far there’s a clear winner in the horse race among US equity factors: momentum.
In this article: IJS, IVE, IVW, SPY, MTUM
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US Business Cycle Risk Report - Tuesday, Jan. 21
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 7:33 AM EDT
The US economy continues to show signs of stabilizing after last year’s second-half slowdown. In addition, revised projections for the business cycle trend hint at the possibility that growth is rebounding in early 2020.
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US REITs Rebound, Closing At Record High
Monday, January 20, 2020 7:21 AM EDT
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the US topped last week’s returns for the major asset classes and ended the week at a record high, based on a set of exchange traded funds, as of Friday, Jan. 17.
In this article: BWX, GSG, VNQ, VTI
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Book Bits: Book Reviews
Monday, January 20, 2020 1:00 AM EDT
The latest reads that no investor should miss.
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Are Current Risk Levels For The US Stock Market Extraordinary?
Thursday, January 16, 2020 10:11 AM EDT
Risk analysis is critical, but ultimately it’s a mix of art and science and so one investor’s idea of a “low” risk reading may look like an accident waiting to happen to another set of eyes.
In this article: SPX, VIX
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It’s Been A Good Year So Far For (Most) Equity Markets
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 8:12 AM EDT
The broad upside momentum for most slices of the world’s equity markets has spilled over into 2020, at least so far. But the distribution of performance, as usual, is uneven.
In this article: MCHI, IJS, ILF, IVW, SPY, VGK, VT, XLB, XLK, XLC
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