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The Hidden Risk in a Portfolio: Crowded Trades
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS Crowded trade risks, while often unappreciated by investors, can be real and significant. They can be viewed as a byproduct of the immense proliferation of index and index-like products. While these products meet important investor needs, their...
The Real Target Is “Made in China 2025”; Not the US-China Trade Deficit
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS Our latest Foresight's research paper, explores our assertion that President Trump's objective is not a full-blown trade war, but an attempt to renegotiate the U.S.'s trade package with China and to stymie China's goal of gaining...
Profiting from MSCI Reclassifications: Oases of Alpha or Mirages in the Desert?
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS This month's Foresights report, " Profiting from MSCI Reclassifications: Oases of Alpha or Mirages in the Desert?", is our critique of the CFA's Institute's Financial Analyst Journal article, "Investing in the Presence of Massive...
Chinese Tech Stocks – Is the Party Over?
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS ‘Chinese Tech Stocks – Is the Party Over?’ discusses whether the boom in Chinese tech stocks will last. In 2017, Chinese tech stocks soared, essentially doubling in value during the year and outperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets...
Beyond the “Mirage” to a Predictive Investment Manager Ranking System
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden...” — chorus from Lynn Anderson’s 1970 chart-topping country hit We thought we’d use the latest FIS Foresights to introduce our findings from a 5-year research effort to evaluate...
Macroeconomic Growth Drivers Through a Demographic Lens
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS In this issue, we discuss what may be the key to predicting the future of the world’s developed and developing economies: the intersection of demographics and technology. We hope our commentary will ignite further conversation around...
Mr. Spock, Don Draper and The Undoing Project – Lessons for Investment Managers and Asset Allocators
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS In the August Foresights, we use Michael Lewis’ latest book, The Undoing Project, as a launching pad to review the evolution of Behavioral Economics and Investing. This piece discusses 4 classic behavioral biases and how they evade...
A World without America?
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS We are pleased to present the next ForeSights, A World Without America?, which uses a historical framework to evaluate the impact of a more insular, America First foreign policy. The investment implications of this journey will...
Irrational Exuberance Versus Stocks for the Long Run
FORESIGHT | FIS VIEWS Good investors put a lot of thought into their decisions as investment management is a cerebral endeavor. They think not just about specific trades or positions, but about the markets at large and the world in which they reside. As an investment...
About FORESIGHTS
As a busy investment professional, we appreciate that you have limited time to read/absorb the plethora of information (even when insightful) that comes across the transom. Yet at the end of the day, our investment acumen is sharpened and the framework which informs it can be substantially broadened by quality and diverse ideas. In an effort to balance these two realities, we are pleased to introduce our fortnightly opinion piece, entitled Foresights.