VOLATILITY

Funds management

Global stockmarkets are continuing to rally despite worldwide volatility, indicating it is being driven by stock-specific factors than macro activity. ...

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Funds management

Intra-day volatility on the ASX 200 was significantly greater during the COVID-19 pandemic than during the Global Financial Crisis, according to Allan Gray....

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Funds management

Western governments are less likely to be able to contain COVID-19 compared to China which will lead to longer volatility in equity markets, according to Antipodes. ...

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Funds management

Gold, which is a traditionally safe-haven asset, will continue to provide security for investors in a case of at the global economic sell-off, according to ETF Securities...

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Funds management

Natixis Investment Managers has reduced its exposure to equities in light of coronavirus in expectation of higher volatility in stockmarkets....

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Funds management

The best two Australian equity funds in 2019 were the most volatile, and the four most volatile delivered above average returns, according to data....

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Funds management

Investors should embrace that after having benefitted from a relatively benign 2019, the volatility will come back in 2020, according to Schroders....

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Funds management

The strong returns of last year greatly increase the chance of volatility in the market this year, according to State Street Global Advisors...

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Funds management

Only two funds in the least risky sector that had the least volatility managed to beat the sector return average, according to data....

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Funds management

Has the market peaked or is there more to go? It depends on which particular analyst you are listening to but there is common agreement that volatility driven by geopolit...

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Funds management

For North American and Australian equity geared funds being risky paid off with high average returns, according to data....

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Financial planning

Shane Oliver, AMP Capital’s chief economist, says lack of excesses in the economy will prevent any potential recession....

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Funds management

The volume of assets being invested in concentrated funds has more than tripled over the past decade, but risk modelling has failed to reflect this update and meaningful ...

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Expert Analysis

Christian Obrist discusses why investors should build resilience into their portfolios....

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Expert Analysis

Simon Ho writes that sensible investors will be looking to own some sort of protection strategy this year, as the risk of a period of high volatility grows stronger....

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