Robeco: from risk-free returns to return-free risks
Investors should increase risk as some traditional safe havens are losing their shine, Robeco says in its five-year outlook titled ‹A Brave Real World›. Investment Officer spoke with Peter van der Welle, strategist in Robeco’s Global Macro team, about the asset manager’s outlook.
'Global equities have 75% upside potential'
Global equities can rise by up to 75% over the next five years driven by profit growth, according to Knut Gezelius, lead manager of the Skagen Global fund.
Skagen is known for its active, value-based investment philosophy. But if you look at the largest positions of the global equity fund, you’ll mostly see prominent growth stocks such as Microsoft, Adobe, Alphabet and Mastercard. What happened?
Argenta : « Les marchés boursiers ne se relancent pas sans raison »
On constate, sur les marchés boursiers, beaucoup d’engouement pour certaines actions, comme Nikola et Snowflake, affirme Sebastiaan Grenné d’Argenta. Il estime cependant qu’il ne faut pas s’emballer ; il n’y a en effet toujours aucune alternative valable aux actions, comme il l’explique dans un podcast pour Investment Officer.
US elections coming up - Why you should stay invested
It’s less than six weeks to the US presidential elections. Capital Group has made a few rules of thumb for investors to give some guidance.
‘Real equity returns of 7-10% still possible post-Covid’
Solid growth companies will continue to live up to high expectations by showing strong profit growth. This offers the prospect of an attractive total return after inflation of 7-10% per annum on average over the long term, according to manager George Dent of the BNY Mellon Long-Term Global Equity Fund.
"Très optimistes pour les actions à long terme"
Les entreprises à forte croissance seront à la hauteur des attentes élevées et afficheront encore une croissance substantielle de leurs bénéfices, ce qui offre à long terme la perspective d’un attrayant rendement total après inflation de 7 à 10 % par an en moyenne.
‘High-yield market correction is looming’
The high-yield market has recovered nicely from the corona-induced market crash, but further price appreciation is becoming increasingly unlikely, says manager Ulrich Gerhard of the BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond Fund in an interview with Investment Officer.
"Les performances des smallcap européennes sont fabuleuses"
C’est ce que dit Anna Lunden (photo), gérante du Wellington Pan-European Small Cap Equity Fund, dans un entretien avec Fondsnieuws. Sa catégorie a enregistré d’excellentes performances ces derniers mois, mais est restée ces dernières années bien en deçà de l’indice mondial.
Luxembourgers continue to shun investment funds
Despite the Grand Duchy’s status as Europe’s largest investment fund centre, Luxembourgers hold almost four times more money in bank deposits than in funds.
Analysis: the end of the short-sellers?
Have hedge fund managers just lost it? More and more leading managers are returning assets to their clients. The reason is the melt-up of the market, making it ever harder for short-sellers to identify profitable trades.
For example, this summer John Paulson (photo), who earned $15 billion from the collapse of the US housing market in 2008, known as «The Greatest Trade Ever», announced his departure from the hedge fund industry. Others, such as George Soros, Stanley Druckenmiller and David Tepper, preceded him.