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Andrew Neatt
Private Investment Advice, TD Wealth
Prior to joining TD Wealth Private Investment Advice, Andrew worked with MD Private Investment Counsel for 18 years and spent 8 years an an Investment Advisor with a number of Canadian financial institutions, serving high net worth clients.
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Comparing Defensive Factors During the Last 3 Bear Markets
In the factor world of investing, Low Volatility and Quality have been commonly referred to as defensive factors. The following is an examination of the performance of the S&P 500 Quality Index and the S&P 500 Low Volatility Index compared to the S&P 500 during the last 3 equity bear markets. The graphs and data…
Profiling the “Personality” of 2 Dividend Strategies – A Factor Look
How do the personalities of two dividend index portfolios look when reviewed under the “Factor Lens”? Using the Optimal Asset Management’s Factor Allocator tool, let’s review two strategies – S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats and the S&P 500 High Dividend Index. We can identify the average factor exposures of each strategy since January 1995 by viewing…