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Return Stacking: Strategies for Overcoming a Low Return Environment

Stretched valuations in many stock and bond markets are challenging investors to look farther afield to meet investor return targets. Many investors find themselves recommending portfolios that are uncomfortably far out along the risk curve, stretching for higher yields and increasing pro-cyclical asset exposure.

Chart of the Week: 20 Month Performance of the S&P 500 TR Index After a Recession

20 Month Performance of the S&P 500 TR Index After a Recession

Chart of the Week: 20 Month Performance of the S&P 500 TR Index After a Recession

20 Month Performance of the S&P 500 TR Index After a Recession

Japanization: The S&P 500 Is Tracking The Nikkei Of 1980

The question of Japanization in the U.S. continues as the S&P 500 tracks the Nikkei of 1980. An email question I received recently is worth discussing in more detail.

Japanization: The S&P 500 Is Tracking The Nikkei Of 1980

The question of Japanization in the U.S. continues as the S&P 500 tracks the Nikkei of 1980. An email question I received recently is worth discussing in more detail.

Chart of the Week: Small-Cap Value Outperforms Large-Cap Value Over the Past 20 Years

Small-Cap Value Outperforms Large-Cap Value Over the Past 20 years

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