by ivm_wpadmin | Nov 18, 2020
What’s Your Prior? When a behavior leads to a positive outcome we are more likely to repeat that behavior, a phenomenon known in psychology as ‘positive reinforcement.’ Momentum trading fits this description rather well: if your winners keep winning, it’s probably a...
by ivm_wpadmin | Nov 17, 2020
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) analysis and its ability to highlight investment risks has brought it to the fore for U.S. institutional investors. This institutional market evolution has been led by those people in charge of the plan assets, the...
by ivm_wpadmin | Nov 5, 2020
Plan sponsors manage their plans within the guidelines set by their investment policy statements, asset allocation mandates and funding requirements. Every plan is unique, and it is imperative to have appropriate benchmarks both for comparing performance and for...
by ivm_wpadmin | Nov 5, 2020
What to expect for the stock market after the election What will the stock market do after the US election? With likely delays in finalizing the US election winner that could last weeks, what we can expect from the market: There will likely be a period of high...
by ivm_wpadmin | Oct 27, 2020
Some factors regularly outperform after US Presidential Elections: Value, Small Cap and High Volatility tend to outperform following a Presidential electionWhile Growth, Momentum, and Quality consistently underperformThis is due to new economic packages stimulating...