Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
January 23, 2023

Top 5: Candriam leads EM local currency bond funds

For this week’s Morningstar Top 5, we look at the best-performing funds investing in emerging market…
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Asset Allocation
December 23, 2022

Top 5 Shares Europe Cyclicals: JPMorgan Value Fund leads

Europe’s economy is heading for recession. The war in Ukraine, an energy crisis, rising inflation…
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Quintet's head office in the centre of Luxembourg town. Photo: IO.
Asset Allocation
December 15, 2022

‘High-dividend, low-volatility equities can reduce portfolio risk’ 

Quintet sees little cause for celebration when the world rings in the new year, the Luxembourg…
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Flag atop the United States Department of the Treasury building, on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, DC. Photo by Ben Schumin via Flickr, CC-BY-2.0
Asset Allocation
December 9, 2022

Morningstar Top 5: US government bond funds

European investors this year found safety in short-term US debt and the dollar. This week’s Top 5 by…
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Gold reserves at highest level in nearly half a century
Asset Allocation
December 6, 2022

Gold reserves at highest level in nearly half a century

Central bank gold reserves have risen to their highest level in nearly half a century. Particularly…
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High yield street
Asset Allocation
November 18, 2022

Morningstar Top-5: lowest-rated high yield funds

High-yield bonds are not equal. In the US market this year, the difference in spreads between bonds…
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High yield street
Asset Allocation
October 28, 2022

Top-5 Global High Yield: outperformance in Q3

After two consecutive red quarters, global high-yield bond funds closed the third quarter with…
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Top 5 Emerging Market Debt funds: NNIP in the lead
Asset Managers
October 21, 2022

Top 5 Emerging Market Debt funds: NNIP in the lead

Funds investing in emerging market bonds lost for the third quarter in a row when measured in…
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Morningstar Top 5 Emerging Markets Stocks: Acadian leads
Asset Allocation
October 14, 2022

Morningstar Top 5 Emerging Markets Stocks: Acadian leads

For emerging markets, the third quarter of this year was almost the exact mirror image of the second…
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Federal Reserve
Asset Allocation
October 12, 2022

‘If interest rates peak in six months, now is time to act’

Many investors are on the fence about re-entering the badly battered bond market when the bottom may…
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‘Infrastructure is an attractive inflation hedge’
Asset Allocation
October 12, 2022

‘Infrastructure is an attractive inflation hedge’

Infrastructure is not immune to the current economic malaise, but it is important to isolate…
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Jan Longeval, independent investment strategist and Senior Advisor of Eurinvest Partners
Asset Allocation
September 23, 2022

‘Gold remains an insurance policy against chaos’

Gold prices have been struggling since the beginning of the year, quoting below $1,700 per ounce…
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Jerome Powell, President of the Federal Reserve.
Asset Allocation
September 22, 2022

Probably the best and worst year ever for bonds

This will probably be the worst but also the best year for bonds ever. Rising interest rates and…
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Top 5. Photo by Joanna Poe via Flickr CC BY 2.0
Asset Allocation
September 16, 2022

Morningstar's Top 5: Fidelity leads defensive mix funds

It has been a challenging period so far for both equities and bonds in 2022. The era of loose…
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