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MARKET PERSPECTIVES
US Housing Finance: Let’s Put Quality Before Quantity

History suggests that reports of active management’s death are premature. In fact, conditions appear ripe for a comeback,as my colleague Scott Wallace ably explained in a recent article for Institutional Investor.com’s Global Market Thought Leadership blog, attached below.

Do Risk-Free Assets Still Exist?
The current sovereign-debt crisis in Europe is raising long-term questions about some of the bedrocks of finance and investment theory. Namely, are the concepts of a “risk-free rate” and “risk-free assets” still meaningful when the creditworthiness of so many developed countries is under threat?

Consumer Spending Rebounds, Helped by Improved Labor Markets
US :: Retail sales posted strong gains in the fourth quarter, while the pace of employment growth also improved. A part of the recent spending gains reflects a release of some of the pent-up demand from the recession, which we expect to be a positive driver for growth again in 2012.

Foundation Strategies for an Era of Sub-Par Investment Returns
In my last post I argued that today’s unusually low prospective returns for bonds and near-normal prospective returns for equities will make it very difficult for found...

US Housing Finance: Let’s Put Quality Before Quantity
History suggests that reports of active management’s death are premature. In fact, conditions appear ripe for a comeback,as my colleague Scott Wallace ably explained in a recent article for Institutional Investor.com’s Global Market Thought Leadership blog, attached below.
Do Risk-Free Assets Still Exist?
The current sovereign-debt crisis in Europe is raising long-term questions about some of the bedrocks of finance and investment theory. Namely, are the concepts of a “risk-free rate” and “risk-free assets” still meaningful when the creditworthiness of so many developed countries is under threat?
Consumer Spending Rebounds, Helped by Improved Labor Markets
US :: Retail sales posted strong gains in the fourth quarter, while the pace of employment growth also improved. A part of the recent spending gains reflects a release of some of the pent-up demand from the recession, which we expect to be a positive driver for growth again in 2012.