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Preparing for the End of the 30-Year Bull Market in Bonds
May 2013Through successive rounds of quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve has engineered a bond-market rally that has reduced the yields of U.S. Treasuries and other fixed-income securities to unsustainably low levels. In recent years, risk-averse investors have been buying massive amounts of fixed-income securities, while the risk of loss from these securities has risen. Right now, the fixed-income market offers very little potential reward — and significant downside risk. The Boston Company's Charles Cook, CFA, Portfolio Strategist, and Brian Blongastainer, CFA, Senior Associate, explain why investors should anticipate the end of the 30-year bull market in bonds and where to look for better returns.
Video: Keeping the Faith in U.S. Equities
May 2013With the market near all-time highs, investors are concerned about a significant decline in U.S. equities. In this video, Michael Arends, Portfolio Strategist, explains why The Boston Company's US Opportunistic Value team believes additional equity appreciation lies ahead, citing Corporate America's ability to deliver future profit growth, the U.S. economy's broadening recovery and a historical precedent for the market's continued rise.
Global Wealth Creation: The Impact on China’s Automotive Industry
April 2013Across a wide swath of emerging markets, the rising wealth of the growing middle class is presenting some compelling investment opportunities. One notable beneficiary is the automotive industry, in which China has become a dominant force. In light of this theme, Senior Research Analyst Frank J. Goguen, CFA, and Writer John D. Connolly analyze several key industry segments and identify some of the best-positioned potential opportunities.
Video: The Great Rotation, Part 1
April 2013Chuck Cook, Portfolio Strategist and 21-year veteran of the bond market, discusses the possibility for investors to reallocate from fixed income to equities, spurring what some are calling the Great Rotation. In the first installment of this series, Chuck examines the current valuation of the bond market, showing how yields - and attractive fixed-income opportunities - are getting much harder to come by.
Japan: Assessing the Future of Abenomics
April 2013As the yen drops and equities rise, investors are questioning whether Japan's new leadership under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is engaging in competitive devaluation or sparking the dawn of real structural reform. William J. Adams, Portfolio Strategist at The Boston Company, identifies some signposts to help determine whether these measures - often referred to as "Abenomics" - can translate into meaningful reform and lead to a broad-based economic recovery.
The Search for Value in Turbulent Markets: The Case for Mid Caps
March 2013In a paper prepared in conjunction with Dreyfus, The Boston Company's Michael K. Arends, CFA, CPA, Thomas J. Rajotte, CFA, and David J. Selbovitz update their thesis on why this might be a good time for investors to rethink the role of mid cap stocks in well-diversified portfolios.
End of an Era: The Death of Peak Oil
February 2013For decades, pundits have been trying to predict a tipping point for Peak Oil - when a sustained and unabated climb in oil prices sparks a near-collapse of the global economy. However, an array of structural shifts in the Energy industry is conspiring to insulate the global economy from any such dramatic increase in the price of oil. In this paper, The Boston Company's Global Natural Resources Team examines some of the popular, and more subtle, dynamics affecting the fragile balance of supply and demand for global oil markets and explores some of the resulting investment opportunities.
Innovative Forces in the Health Care Sector
January 2013A new wave of innovation appears to be emerging in the Health Care industry, sparked by the development of exciting new products that could help address significant unmet medical needs. Daphne Karydas and Charles Silberstein, M.D., CFA, portfolio managers and research analysts at The Boston Company, explore the dynamic environment of this sector and some compelling areas of investment opportunity.
Investment Themes for 2013
January 2013The Boston Company Asset Management's US Small Cap Growth Team, led by B. Randall Watts, Jr., CFA, outlines seven distinct investment themes for the year ahead - concepts that they believe will influence the investing climate over the next several years and enhance the potential for long-term alpha generation in the equity markets.
A Compelling Buying Opportunity in Dividend Stocks
December 2012Given the deluge of headlines about U.S. dividend tax rates, there is widespread concern about the future performance of dividend-yielding stocks. Members of The Boston Company Asset Management's Large Cap Value Team summarize the key near-term potential dividend-tax changes and provide their opinion about related investment implications.
The New Liquidity: Investment Implications of Structural Market Changes
November 2012Although the markets have regained their health in the wake of the 2008 credit crisis, they still face challenges. The biggest stress in the system right now is less reliable liquidity, as high-frequency traders dominate the stock market's trading volume. This could result in higher volatility, changes to rebalancing strategies and transitory opportunities for nimble managers. David Brooks, Managing Director of Global Equity Trading at The Boston Company, and his counterparts at Mellon Capital Management and Standish Mellon Asset Management explore the structural changes to market liquidity and what they mean for long-term institutional investors.
Thoughts on the U.S. Fiscal Cliff
November 2012As Washington grapples with the looming U.S. fiscal cliff, many investors are growing increasingly concerned about its potential impact on their portfolios. TBCAM's Brian Ferguson, Senior Portfolio Manager of the Dynamic Large Cap Value strategy, and David Daglio, Lead Portfolio Manager of the US Long/Short Opportunistic Equity Fund and the US Opportunistic Value strategies, share their expert insights and explain how they see the issue playing out.
A Renewed Emergence of Creative Destruction in Technology
September 2012Right now, the Technology sector's focus is shifting away from desktops and servers toward mobility and cloud computing, creating both winners and losers in the marketplace. As The Boston Company's Core Research Technology Team explains, innovation will be rewarded, complacency will be challenged, and computing will never be the same.
The Election Effect: Key Considerations For U.S. Equity Investing
September 2012With the 2012 presidential campaign in full swing, Senior Research Analyst Michael W. Holton dissects the implications of the coming elections and analyzes how the potential outcomes could affect U.S. equity markets as well as several key industry sectors.
Global Wealth Creation: The Impacts on Emerging Markets' Health Care
August 2012At the intersection of two key investment themes - health care and emerging markets - Senior Research Analyst Frank J. Goguen, CFA, and Writer John Connolly explore the current state of health care across the emerging-market landscape and identify the related areas that are positioned to benefit most from the rising wealth of the middle class.
Enhancing U.S. Equity Returns: The Need for Balanced Exposure
July 2012The Boston Company's Michael Arends, CFA, CPA, and Joseph Duffy outline why non-U.S. investors should look beyond large-cap stocks and consider the potential offered by small-, small/mid- and midcap stocks in a long-term investment portfolio.
Potential Beneficiaries of a U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance
May 2012Senior Research Analyst Shirley E. Mills, CFA, examines the burgeoning revival of the American manufacturing segment, highlighting the relevant changes in the economic environment, identifying the investment implications and pinpointing possible winners and losers within this emerging trend.
