Brexit concerns remain in the headlines this morning following another vote in the U.K. parliament yesterday to officially delay the March 29 deadline.
One of the key challenges at the moment for investors is that geopolitical issues are increasingly dominating markets, overtaking financial fundamentals. The end result, of course, is large market swings seemingly driven more by headlines than economic data or earnings reports.
The year 2018 ended with higher short-term interest rates and heightened volatility across equity markets. For 2019, we expect the latter to continue, as markets will need to reconcile lower global growth, as well as a bear flattened yield curve.
Foresters Asset Management Inc ("FAM") is pleased to announce that it has become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI).
Foresters Asset Management (“FAM”) formally incorporated a Responsible Investment (“RI”) framework into all of our imaxx™ funds in 2018, including both our equity and fixed income portfolios.
Daily Market Commentary
The focus this week in Canada will be the federal budget release
March 18, 2019Brexit concerns remain in the headlines
March 15, 2019The Canadian household debt ratio rose to an all-time high
March 14, 2019The U.S. released durable goods orders that increased by 0.4%
March 13, 2019UK Prime Minister May announced that she has secured a legally binding agreement...
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January 19, 2019Foresters Asset Management becomes signatory to UN PRI
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