Talks of an impending oil crisis have been making headlines over the past several weeks. Some argue that the “impending” crisis is already here, while others believe the worst is yet to come. The economic reopening has exposed major oil shortages, which has spurred oil prices to go on the run in tandem with increased global demand. These conditions, coupled with the global supply chain...
Stress Testing a Global Evergrande Shock
October 10, 2021China Evergrande’s liquidity issues continue to stir up fears among investors of a localized downturn that could send shockwaves across global markets. Plans by Hopson Development Holdings to acquire a 51% stake in Evergrande could provide at least some short-term wiggle room for the company to remedy its cash flow problems. Even if this proves to be a lifeline to Evergrande, there’s already...
Could Evergrande Create a Global Domino Effect?
October 03, 2021China has been lighting up the news outlets lately with news of crypto crack downs and general regulatory tightening. However, another story has been brewing around China Evergrande and the potential ripple effects on the global economy from Evergrande’s impending default on portions of its $300+ billion in liabilities.
Watch the Tails: Expanding our Macro Detection Palette
May 09, 2021Last week, we delved into ‘when’ macro matters by using the Axioma Macro Projection Model to identify historical periods when macro factors drove US equity volatility. This approach highlighted the Sovereign Debt Crisis in 2012 and the COVID market downturn as periods when macro factors became the leading contributors to volatility in the Russell 1000 Index. We also observed evidence of macro...
Marrying Macro and Fundamental Models
May 02, 2021Hi there,
Last week, we established that Macroeconomic factors appear to show a meaningful explanatory power over sectors such as Energy, Financials, and Real Estate. We concluded our analysis by noting that incorporating macro factors into the investment process shouldn’t be disruptive, but can actually be supportive. This week, we continue our examination to demonstrate how both macro &...
Macro Matters, Even for Fundamentalists
April 25, 2021Fundamental and macro-oriented strategies have traditionally been separate and distinct styles of investing. Fundamental managers take a bottoms-up approach to identify companies that they believe are poised for future success or failure while macro managers employ more of a top-down view to isolate broader economic trends and then select those stocks which stand to be most impacted.
Medium Term Momentum, Anew
July 12, 2018I hope you've been enjoying the summer so far.
In early March, we highlighted Medium-Term Momentum as a factor that was overbought in the market. In the intervening time, we've seen the factor sell off on both a cumulative and normalized basis, stage a brief rally, and then sell off some more. Today, we're now recognizing it as an Oversold factor.
As you can see, after rallying in the month...
Our Partnership with Axioma
June 28, 2017How Customers Benefit from Our Partnership with Axioma
A key driver in our mission to democratize quantitative investing is to simplify complexity for our traditional asset manager clients, and our recent announcement to partner with Axioma expands upon that by leaps and bounds. As always, clients can discover, analyze and manage their portfolio factor risk using Omega Point’s intuitive... Axioma Partners with Omega Point
June 20, 2017Axioma Partners with Omega Point to Enable ‘Quantamental’ Approach In Fundamental Investing
Turnkey access to Axioma’s suite of factor models enables managers to boost portfolio performance with easy-to-use factor analysis tools
NEW YORK, NY–20 JUNE 2017 – Axioma, a global provider of innovative risk and portfolio management solutions, today announced a new partnership with Omega Point (...
