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Where May Equities Go From Here?
February ended the longest historical monthly winning streak of 15 months for the S&P 500 (TR) that lost 3.7%. On a total return basis for the month, 10 of 11 sectors lost, which has only happened in 12 of 342 months or 3.5% of the time (all 11 lost together in 13 months for a…
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Try a TIPS Mixer in Your Equities Cocktail
As product manager of the S&P STRIDE Indices, I sometimes find myself extolling the virtues of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), which I believe are an underappreciated asset class. When inflation is relatively tame, people often ask why they should think about TIPS. The answer is that TIPS don’t hedge expected inflation—that’s already priced in. TIPS…
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Indexing Listed Property Stocks in New Zealand
Publicly traded property stocks provide exposure to real estate, an illiquid asset class, without sacrificing the liquidity benefits of listed equities. Also, property stocks typically offer higher yields than the broad equity market, they may serve as an effective inflation hedging tool, and they may help diversify a portfolio due to their generally low correlations…
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The Effects of Interest Rates on Canadian Preferreds
A consideration to take into account when reviewing preferreds is the fact that they are sensitive to changes in interest rates. The reasoning behind this is due to the structure of preferreds, as many issuances pay a relatively high dividend based on a percentage of par in perpetuity. Like bonds, preferreds generally exhibit a negative…
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