CIO Perspectives
Read timely investment updates from Mercer Advisors’ Chief Investment Officer, Don Calcagni.
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2020 Was A Good Year for ESG Strategies
2020 was a strong year for ESG-oriented strategies (Environmental, Social, and Governance), helping to solidify ESG as a legitimate approach to portfolio construction and management.
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GameStop: Making Sense of it All
The rise in GameStop this past week has been eye-popping. However, fundamentals still determine the long-term viability of any business.
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Democrats Won the Senate. Now what?
Democrats are now in charge of both the Senate and the House. What can we expect from this blue ripple?
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2021 Market Outlook
2020 showed us that diversified portfolios can deliver risk reduction and healthy long-term returns. We see glimmers of hope for 2021, but let’s not lose sight of our learnings from 2020.
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Post-Election Commentary: Why the Rising Market?
As 2020 election results have come in throughout this week, one thing that wasn’t expected was the market rally that occurred.
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Pre-Election Commentary
Over the past several months, we’ve delivered a number of webinars regarding markets and the upcoming elections. As we typically do with our events, we engage in a healthy Q&A afterwards to answer clients’ questions. In light of next week’s election, we wanted to share with you our thoughts regarding the most common concerns raised by clients.
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Q3 Quarterly Market Review
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter.
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Silver: No Mettle to Fight Inflation
Can silver work as a hedge against inflation and help protect your investment portfolio?
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Reducing Portfolio Risk and Managing Volatility
Learn different approaches to reduce portfolio risk, including hedging, stop losses, and diversification.
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What Benchmarking Tells Investors
What benchmarking does and doesn’t tell us about fund manager performance.
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Does Warren Buffett Suddenly Like Gold?
Buffett recently invested in a large gold mining company. But does this really mean the Oracle of Omaha has changed his tune on gold?
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Exxon and the End of an Era
What Exxon’s delisting from the Dow Jones means for investors.