Perspectives

Investing Insights

GWI presents an approach to combining managers within the same asset class to reduce volatility while also enhancing investment returns.

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  Double-barreled price pressure

  COVID-19 and its aftermath created an unusually fertile environment for inflation to thrive.

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  A war of his choosing

  Vladimir Putin’s Russia invades Ukraine. What are the potential market and economic impacts?

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  Vital Signs - A time for your annual check-up Mr. Market

  Capital markets — and the economy they represent — spent much of 2021 in reasonably good health. But will that remain true this year?

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  Soul Searching

  Great-West Investments manager research teams offer some insights on evaluating sudden changes to investment teams and the firms that employ them.

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  Help (Desperately!) Wanted

  An in-depth look at the present state and future prospects for the U.S. employment market.

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  Tactical Mistakes

  GWI examines how well professional asset managers do at timing the market.

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  Passing the Buck - How inflation may impact corporate profilts

  GWI investigates the recent surge in inflation and it's possible affects on corporate profitability.

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  Awash In Cash - The impacts of COVID-19 stimulus payments

  GWI examines the implications for the economy and the markets once the stimulus money has been spent.

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  It's Complicated

  A booming economy does not necessarily translate into a booming stock market as economic and equity market cycles are not always in sync.

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  Coping with a crisis-era mentality

  Great-West Investments explores utilizing multi-sector fixed income management to generate a competitive, sustainable yield without adding undo risk to a portfolio.

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  Maestro If You Please - Combining differentiated managers within a single asset class for improved consistency

  GWI presents an approach to combining managers within the same asset class to reduce volatility while also enhancing investment returns.

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  2020 Year-In-Review - A retrospective of an infamous year

  Reminiscent of Disneyland’s Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, the economy and investment markets fluctuated wildly, free-falling during the second quarter only to swing back upward and end the year in record territory.

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  Pegged - 2020 was a record shattering year. What will 2021 bring?

  Hope on the horizon? After an unprecedented 2020, here are eight reasons why 2021 could represent a return to more normal economic times.

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  Election Night 2020

  Great-West Investments examined the outcomes of past presidential election results and summarizes the stock market performance for each election outcome scenario.

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  Active & Passive Fixed Income - Lessons learned from the Pandemic

  The ability of active fixed-income managers to identify and take measured risks — in terms of credit, duration and perhaps even a few esoteric, out-of-benchmark sector bets — may prove to be keys to success in the post-COVID-19 environment.

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  Whither the 60/40 Portfolio?

  GWI questions the efficacy of the traditional 60/40 balanced portfolio in the current environment.

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  Unprecedented

  GWI examines the unprecedented disparity between Growth stock and Value stocks and surmises that it may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for value investors.

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  Rivers, Market Volatility and Whipsaws

  GWI examines recent stock market volatility and illustrates how mechanical trading models would have underperformed a buy-and-hold strategy through the COVID-19 crisis.

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  Managing your portfolio during volatile times

  Examines historical market declines and illustrates the resiliency of the markets.

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  Game plan for managing investment market volatility

  Provides a game plan for managing your portfolio during periods of extreme volatility.

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  Ghost in the machine – Pairing artificial and human intelligence

  Discusses how quantitative investment strategies such as big data and machine learning can co-exist with traditional active portfolio selection to provide better diversification and portfolio efficiencies.

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  Capital market assumptions – Peeking inside the crystal ball

  This piece discusses how GWI generates and utilizes capital market assumptions to reflect our forward-looking beliefs, risks and return potential for the asset classes in which we invest.

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  Invest with style

  GWI examines the dominant out-performance of the growth style of investing relative to value over the past decade.