US Job report: when bad news is good news
The US job report for August released on Friday was one of the weakest since June last year. The total...
Monthly financial markets outlook | August 2021
All major global asset classes ended in the green in July, but the headline numbers do not tell the full story about the market dynamics that led to that outcome. The performance of global equities was very narrow reminiscent of 2020. The S&P 500 which houses the US’s largest companies touched a new all-time high in July supported by above-average earnings deliveries by most of its constituents. European equities were up 1.8% on the back of the reopening momentum as most governments in the bloc ease lockdown restrictions. The fixed income segment was driven by inflation linkers and investment-grade bonds. Global inflation-linked bonds jumped 4%, followed by global investment-grade bonds and US high yields which delivered 1.3% and 0.4% for the month.
Viewpoint video series – Part 1 of 3: The 27four Jobs Fund Partnership
Part 1 of the video series sheds a bit more light on our partnership with the Jobs Fund, where it began and what our partnership aims to achieve.
Monthly financial markets outlook | June 2021
All major local asset classes delivered decent returns in April. The JSE All Bond Index bounced back on easing global inflation concerns on the back of an unequivocal commitment to defend the low-interest rate regime from the US Federal Reserve Bank (Fed). The Fed reassured markets that the inflation prints and employment numbers are still far from its targets.
Top 5 controversial AGM resolutions for May 2021
We exercise our voting rights on behalf of our clients diligently because we believe it is one of the most effective ways of entrenching corporate citizenry. We therefore review the voting issues per resolution at each annual general meeting and vote in line with our policy. In March, we voted on 90 resolutions of which 59 were in favour and 31 were against.
Monthly financial markets outlook | May 2021
All major local asset classes delivered decent returns in April. The JSE All Bond Index bounced back on easing global inflation concerns on the back of an unequivocal commitment to defend the low-interest rate regime from the US Federal Reserve Bank (Fed). The Fed reassured markets that the inflation prints and employment numbers are still far from its targets.
I’m young, why should I think about retirement?
When we are young, retirement is so far away that we can be forgiven for not having it on our list of goals to achieve. The problem is that if we do not plan for those retirement years, our old age could be a financial disaster.
27four Style Analysis – Quarterly Note March 2021
On the back of the rally in local and global equity markets, value has experienced a dramatic turnaround, beating growth and momentum over the last two quarters. Over and above this, there have been a number of style based reversals, most notably small and mid caps beating large tickers as well as high volatility dominating the likes of quality and low vol. The past quarters style note will explore these changes as well as provide quantitatively determined estimates of style performance over the next quarter.
Top 5 controversial AGM resolutions for April 2021
We exercise our voting rights on behalf of our clients diligently because we believe it is one of the most effective ways of entrenching corporate citizenry. We therefore review the voting issues per resolution at each annual general meeting and vote in line with our policy. In March, we voted on 90 resolutions of which 59 were in favour and 31 were against.