Short overviews and insights on timely topics
August 10, 2023
Does a higher cash rate tide lift all asset boats? Or are some asset classes more attractive than others? In this Quick Take, we look at the implications for asset allocation in a higher rate world.
Alternative Investing
June 16, 2023
This Quick Take on diversifying alternatives tackles the question of what investors should expect from their diversifiers. In other words, how should something that’s supposed to behave differently than traditional asset classes actually behave?
Equities
April 10, 2023
Hear our quick take on emerging equities, where we’ll cover why – and why now – investors should consider re-visiting their allocations to this asset class.
Trend Following
Q1 2023
Watch a Quick Take on our Portfolio Solutions Group’s top three investment ideas for 2023.
Asset Allocation
January 27, 2023
Hear from Pete Hecht and Thomas Maloney as they provide short soundbytes based on our Q1 2023 Capital Market Assumptions for Major Asset Classes
November 23, 2022
Hear from Principal and Co-Head of Macro Strategies, Yao Hua Ooi, on how trend following strategies are a potentially valuable source of diversifying returns.
Portfolio Construction
September 9, 2022
Hear from AQR's Portfolio Solutions Group on the the prospects for stock and bond markets, the impact of macroeconomic risks on a range of investments, and the use of diversifying investments to fortify portfolios.
Quick Takes
June 27, 2022
AQR Principal and Global Co-Head of Portfolio Solutions Group, Dan Villalon, explains why the next one may disappoint—and what investors’ main options are to meet their return goals.
Portfolio Construction
Q2 2022
For the past two decades, the stock/bond correlation (SBC) has been consistently negative, and investors have been able to rely on their bond investments for portfolio protection when equities sell off. However, macroeconomic changes – like heightened inflation risk – could push this key asset allocation input into positive territory.
Quick Takes
February 17, 2022
In recent years, increased emphasis on sustainability practices in the investment community have caused investors and asset managers to prioritize their Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) efforts. Hear from AQR’s Head of ESG Strategy, Brad Jones, about how investors can use shorting to more strongly express ESG views and hedge climate risks.
Quick Takes
December 9, 2021
As climate change is becoming an increasingly observed phenomenon and understood to be caused by carbon and carbon-equivalent emissions, investors are adjusting their portfolios to prepare for a future regime shift to a lower-carbon economy.
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