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A new STOXX index combines a thematic approach with responsible criteria and low-volatility/high-dividend screens, highlighting the versatility of passive investing.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is among brokers saying the euro will likely recoup its losses against the dollar in 2019,1 as the Federal Reserve slows down the pace of tightening and the European Central Bank (ECB) gradually removes monetary support.
Equity investors hoping to recoup last year’s losses may be in for a long wait, if annual forecasts from strategists – already jarred by December’s market sell-off – are anything to go by.
More asset owners and managers joined the ranks of those divesting from tobacco and coal-related stocks in the year that ends, cementing a trend that is likely to intensify in coming years.
After starting the year on a positive note, equity markets were rattled by economic and political concerns as 2018 unfolded, with all but one of the 46 broad national indices tracked by STOXX now set to post an annual loss.
Doxing, hacking, bugging, phishing. The world of digital communications has opened up a long list of modern threats, and companies are reacting to fend them off.
Last October, STOXX Ltd. licensed the STOXX® Global Fintech Index to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management as an underlying for an investment fund.
Equity markets rebounded in November from heavy losses a month earlier, led by emerging-market and US indices. European stocks dropped.
The launch of the DAX® Equal Weight Index this month presents a good opportunity to review the virtues of an equal-weight equity strategy.
Historically, market capitalization-weighted indices have been the tool for asset owners to benchmark and construct their investment portfolios.
When it comes to evaluating the success of equity portfolios or constructing a traditional passive investment strategy, the go-to instrument has usually been the market capitalization-weighted index.
October’s market move is the type of event that can determine a portfolio performance for the entire year. The sharp pullback in stocks has underscored the benefits of a low-volatility strategy: holding the less risky parts of the market has often been worth the price of missing out on the beta rallies.