
Recent Articles from this contributor

Big Picture: Investors Not on the Defensive, Despite Talk of Recession
Consumer staples, healthcare and utilities sectors have underperformed this year.

Big Picture: Growth Vs Value
The performance spread in favour of growth stocks has rarely been larger than it was earlier this summer.

Anatomy of a Narrow Equity Market
Every month (or so), AGF’s quantitative team highlights the investment factors that are helping shape equity markets. Today’s focus is market breadth (or lack thereof) in the current environment.

Why Last Year’s Stock Market Laggards Are This Year’s Early Winners
Every month (or so), AGF’s quantitative team highlights the investment factors that are helping shape equity markets. Today’s focus is the reversal of fortune in what constitutes momentum stocks.

Yes, Markets Are Oversold. But Investors Still Need to Be Cautious
Every month (or so), AGFiQ highlights the quantitative investment factors that are helping shape equity markets. Today’s focus is oversold conditions and the risk of weakening economic and earnings data.

Three Takeaways from the Summer Rally in Stocks
Every month (or so), AGFiQ highlights the investment factors that are helping shape equity markets. Today’s focus includes the risk on/risk off nature of the rebound in stocks and what the PMI cycle means for factor performance going forward.

What is Momentum Telling Investors Right Now?
Every month (or so), AGFiQ highlights the investment factors that are helping shape equity markets. Today’s focus is momentum volatility and what it may or may not be signalling investors.

Should Equity Markets Really Be This Volatile?
Every month, AGFiQ highlights the investment factors that are helping shape equity markets. Today’s focus is factor volatility and how the year so far stacks up to previous periods of heightened market turbulence.

Value Outperforms and Other Extremes Defining Markets So Far This Year
Every month, AGFiQ highlights the investment factors that are helping shape equity markets. Today’s focus is a look back on the first few months of the year and the extreme performance of certain factors and sectors over that time.

Pricing In a Slowdown
Every month, AGFiQ highlights the investment factors that are helping shape equity markets. Today’s focus is the relationship of certain factor performance with Purchasing Manager Indexes (PMIs).