Over the past several months, we've introduced Extreme Movers, the latest tool in our arsenal to understand what is driving markets from week to week. We also debuted an international version of the Extreme Movers portfolio to help investors compare fluctuating alpha opportunities and factor-driven dynamics between the US and the world. The Extreme Movers portfolios allow us to apply hindsight to...

Factors Take the Stage Driven by Beta and China
August 07, 2022Before we begin, I wanted to remind our readers that time is running out to register for our webinar with Wolfe Research this Tuesday, August 9 at 11:30 am ET: Next-Level Hedging using Wolfe Research's Sector Models in Omega Point. Please check out the link for more information and to sign up; we hope to see you there!

Sectors Most Exposed to US - China Trade Tensions
June 02, 2019As US trade news continues to dominate headlines and the market, we'll resume our examination of Chinese and US stocks through the lens of the Exchange Rate Sensitivity factor. This time, we'll be decomposing exposure to this factor in both countries at the sector level, to gain an understanding of what industries are most represented and to see what differences we can identify...

Impact of Trade War in the US
May 26, 2019Last week we looked at the impact of ongoing US / China trade tensions in the context of Chinese stocks through the lens of the Exchange Rate Sensitivity factor. In doing so, we were able to connect the impact that trade events had on Chinese net exporters and net importers. Today, we'll use the same analysis to examine US exporters/importers in our US model.First, we'll start with a...

Impact of the Trade War in China
May 19, 2019With all eyes on the US - China trade morass, our focus this week will be on seeing if we can empirically evaluate the impact that ongoing trade friction has had on Chinese stocks. We'll do so through the lens of the Exchange Rate Sensitivity factor in our China-specific model. Ultimately, we'll aim to find out if this factor is an effective way to track trade tensions, and to see how...

The Global Search for Growth
March 10, 2019