Best Blogs of the Week #210

Best Blogs of the Week #210

We took a few weeks between posts but the industry didn’t stop. I counted 70+ posts between 11/29 and 12/5. I’m capturing six here as worthy reading.

InvescoFour Key Reasons To consider Market Neutral – The Invesco Quantitative Strategies team believes one potential way to buffer the effects of market downturns, volatility and rising interest rates is to add market neutral equity strategies to traditional portfolios, as they potentially offer a unique approach to generating return regardless of the general movements of the equity and bond markets.

RussellNew best practices are emerging for company stock in DC plans – There’s a new world of DC plans, in which the auto-features and choice architecture are the order of the day. In this new world, it’s reasonable to expect that the company stock option will play a diminished role.

Wells FargoWhy china’s five-Year Plan Is Good For Investors – China’s new five-year plan isn’t growth at all costs; it’s about sustainability. In the past, growth at all costs meant a buying binge of commodities, building cities without residents, and producing air that wasn’t fit to be inhaled.

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