コロナウイルス：影響を考察

5月は楽観が強まり、よりリスクの高いサイズファクターとバリューファクターが堅調に転じた半面、ディフェンシブな低ボラティリティ株やクオリティ株の人気が後退。

新型コロナウイルスの危機はスマート・サステナビリティ戦略にとって恵みとなり得る

米国、英国、カナダでは金融環境の緩和が大幅に進んでいる。金融環境の変化にこれほど大きな差があるのはなぜか？

オルタナ／テーマ指数のうち環境・社会に注目したインデックスが4月の上昇局面と年初来で最も好調となり、中でも米国が世界の他の国を上回る好調なパフォーマンスを計上しました。

新型コロナウイルスの危機が高まる中、ファクター戦略のパフォーマンスはどうであったか？

第1四半期のグローバル株式のメインテーマは、ディフェンシブ・ファクターが景気敏感のバリューやサイズを大幅にアウトパフォームしたことでした。

コロナウイルスの影響より気候関連インデックスのパフォーマンスを考察

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