Published on: May 5, 2021
Despite the many impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on brick-and-mortar locations, wisely chosen retail assets still hold a promising future.
Published on: May 5, 2021
The path to climate transition points to a unique opportunity: investors can use the portfolio as leverage by fostering meaningful engagement with companies to urge them to reduce emissions while still earning compelling returns.
Published on: October 20, 2020
For many years, investors have faced an ongoing search for yield in the fixed income space. Since the global financial crisis, monetary policy easing has continually pushed interest rates lower. Commercial mortgages are more attractive than ever with bond yields at an all-time low and a relatively flat yield curve. These trends have increased the popularity of commercial...
Published on: August 29, 2019
Investors worldwide are looking to build resilient portfolios.
Could preferred shares be a potential solution?
Published on: June 26, 2019
In early January, just a few weeks after the last hike in the target rate, the Fed assessed that the rate now stood at the lower bound of its estimated band for the neutral rate. However, at its June 19, 2019 meeting, the Fed hinted that it might initiate an easing cycle soon.
Published on: November 8, 2018
In an election seen by many as a referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency and agenda, the American
electorate chose to put a damper on the legislative power of the President and the Republican Party.
Published on: October 1, 2018
Are you in a relentless hunt for incremental yield? Relatively low current yields and current expectations
for subdued economic growth — relative to historical levels — are leading investors to broaden their horizons.
The average yield to maturity (YTM) of the FTSE TMX Canada Universe Bond Index is down to 2.7% from 4.2%
ten years ago. In addition, duration is higher1,...
The current US administration’s international trade strategy based on basic populism is etched in a dated win-lose negotiating framework espoused by its current leader. This approach
to negotiations takes us back to a time before nations came to understand the benefits
of free trade based on the comparative advantage economic theory.
The renegotiation of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is down into the last stretch but, a few weeks away from a possible outcome, the end result of the process remains a question mark.
Published on: February 2018
Recently, after a very long run-up, equity markets underwent a spectacular about-face described by some as a healthy and long-overdue correction and by others as the first ominous sign of more upheaval to come. How worried should we be now that both stock and bond prices have been dropping in unison while earlier,
when the recovery was on shakier ground, losses in one...