Asset Allocation
When Will the Gold Rally Lose Momentum?
The metal’s price is way up, but it tanked after the resolution of the 2011 federal default crisis and could face further volatility this year.
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Research
Regional Banking Crisis? Not Happening, Natixis Says
The deposit flight has halted, and lending hasn’t suffered, the firm notes.
Market Moves
Institutions Log Second Consecutive Quarter of Positive Returns
After a punishing 2022 ended on a slight upswing, allocators posted a 4.1% increase in this year’s first period, per a Northern Trust study.
Regulation
Stocks Are ‘Perfect Hedge’ Against Inflation, Siegel Says
Economist and Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel likes stocks as the safest investment this year.
Pensions
Volatility Has Little Effect on Public Pension Funded Levels in March
The funded ratio of the 100 largest U.S. public pensions rose despite interest rate hike, banking failures.
Risk
Drooping Dollar May Face Global Reckoning, but Is There a Viable Replacement?
Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer pushes back against resurgent notions that the greenback is destined for permanent decline.
Risk
Forget Any Fed Pivot, Says JPM’s Gross
The bond and futures markets believe the central bank’s tightening will about-face—a bad call, the strategist contends.
Regulation
Fed Raises Rates as Expected, Stocks Tumble
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell emphasized that the Fed is monitoring the impact of recent banking events but is still committed to reducing inflation to 2%.
Asset Allocation
Korean National Pension Fund Loses More Than 8% in 2022
Despite downturn, the $684.5 billion fund’s losses were offset by an increased allocation to alts.
News
Federal Reserve Expected to Hike Rates Next Week, Despite Shaky Banks
A slight dip in inflation and new Washington safeguards for lenders seem to have reassured investors, for now.
Research
U.S. Asset Managers Fear Federal Reserve Rate Hikes Will Cause Recession
Asset managers are concerned that higher rates will spark a liquidity crisis and 27% fear that continued rate hikes will cause significant equity market losses, CoreData Research finds.
Asset Allocation
Why Apartment REITs Are Primed to Move Up
In the push for alts, the beaten-up multi-family segment is gaining popularity, says research shop Green Street.
Research
Bloated Inventories Turning Into Economic Hindrance, Pantheon Says
The pandemic buying surge prompted businesses to stock up way too much.
Pensions
PIMCO Investment Managers Tell SCERA They Expect Debt to Bounce Back in 2023
The $3.2 billion Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement System’s investment committee heard a discussion about the current state of fixed income.
Risk
What Happens After That Soft Landing? BCA: Nothing Good.
Maintaining a position just short of a recession is almost impossible to do, the research shop says.