Though frontier markets have outperformed developed and emerging markets so far this year, it’s not too late to explore the frontier. Russ offers three reasons to consider having a small strategic allocation to “pre-emerging” world equities.
Despite Reinhart and Rogoff’s methodology mistakes, their widely cited paper’s basic conclusion still holds. Russ K warns that both policy makers and investors ignore it at their own peril.
The BlackRock Investor Pulse Survey finds investors confident about their investment strategy – but worried about their retirement. A contradiction? Chip Castille says no. Rather he thinks the gap between confidence and uncertainty is because investors understand how difficult it is to translate savings into retirement income.
Last Friday’s jobs report confirmed that while the labor market is improving, it’s going to continue to be a slow recovery. But this doesn’t mean that stocks can’t advance further. Russ explains.
Concerned about rising interest rates? You’re not alone. Luckily, Matt Tucker has you covered with a commonly used ETF strategy that can help defend a bond portfolio against price losses when the inevitable rate rise finally occurs.
April’s muted exchange traded product (ETP) inflows were further corroded by another month of large gold ETP outflows. And yet, inflows year-to-date are still beating last year’s record-setting pace. Dodd Kittsley digs into the numbers to see what trends emerged last month.
