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Unlocking Deeper Insights in Private Markets
Meet the Cambridge Associates Private Markets Benchmark Calculator, a new tool designed to help investors make more informed decisions and bring greater clarity and deeper insights to private markets.
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Evaluating Private Markets with Benchmarks
Collectively, private markets make up one of the fastest-growing market segments, but they have historically been characterized by opacity and inaccessibility. This is changing, thanks in part to evolving private market benchmarks that focus on strategy-specific performance. In our first blog, we summarized the performance of a collection of private market benchmarks. In this blog,…
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2023 Performance of Private Markets Benchmarks: A Mixed Bag
In this blog, we summarize annual returns for a collection of private market benchmarks and frame recent performance against that of public market benchmarks.1 Private Equity and Venture Capital Venture Capital faced severe headwinds relative to Private Equity in 2023. Through the first three quarters, Venture Capital funds from the U.S., Europe and Asia/Pacific largely…
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Hot Temperatures and a Hot Start to the Second Half of 2023 for Commodities
The S&P GSCI, the broad commodities benchmark, started the second half of the year in a blistering heat wave and rose 11% on the back of petroleum commodities, which all increased by more than 14% in July. The remaining four sectors within the S&P GSCI also rose during the month, as fears of a recession…
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S&P GSCI Mid-Year Recap and Lithium Added to S&P GSCI Electric Vehicle Metals Index
Surging futures activity on CME Group’s lithium contract allowed for entry into the S&P GSCI Electric Vehicle (EV) Metals Index. This milestone reflects the changing nature of indices to maintain a representative share of the global commodities market. The largest and most recognizable benchmark for commodities, the S&P GSCI, reviews contract eligibility for existing and…
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Hedging Debt Ceiling Drama with the S&P GSCI SOFR and S&P GSCI Gold
The debt ceiling debate in Washington appears to be nearing an end. According to the U.S. Treasury, Congress has “always acted when called upon” and markets will look for them to do so for the 79th time this month. By index rule, all commodities in the S&P GSCI are traded in U.S. dollars, so the…
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Commodities Flat in January After Second-Best Yearly Performance in Two Decades
The 24 individual commodities comprising the S&P GSCI finished the first month of 2023 with divergent performance. This echoed the uncertain path forward regarding inflation expectations. Half outperformed, with industrial metals leading the way, while the other half declined, with natural gas tanking, as European countries filled their tanks to their brims. Gold had one…
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Commodities Outperform for the Second Year in a Row
The market standard commodities benchmark, the S&P GSCI, performed admirably in 2022, rising 26%, outpacing other commodities indices and asset classes, as well as defying higher interest rates and growing fears of a prolonged global economic slowdown, while high inflation provided a solid backdrop for one of the most inflation-sensitive asset classes. Commodities has been…
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Commodities Challenged by Slowing Global Growth in November
Commodities, represented by the broad-based S&P GSCI, fell 1.7% in November on the back of weakness in the petroleum and grains complexes. Global commodities markets were particularly hit this month by worries over rare demonstrations in China against COVID-19 curbs, with oil and grains falling to multi-month lows and safe-haven gold rising. After 11 months,…
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Examining Defensive Strategies Through an Index Lens
How are advisors using indices to evaluate defensive strategies as they look to protect client goals amid rising rates and inflation? Join TD Wealth’s Andrew Neatt and S&P DJI’s Julie Ballard for a closer look at the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats and S&P 500 Quality indices. https://youtu.be/D6xIXXswHEo
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- Andrew Neatt, diversification, dividends, Downside Protection, ETFs, Financial Advisors, indexing, inflation protection, Julie Ballard, momentum factor, multi-asset, quality factor, rising rate protection, S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, S&P 500 Factors, S&P 500 Quality, S&P Dow Jones Indices, TD Wealth Management, U.S. Treasuries, wealth management