Changing Equity Landscape Influences Investing Strategies
By Irene Aldridge The latest turmoil observed in the European and U.S. markets may be symptomatic of a broader problem: changing behavior in financial securities. Historically, prices of unrelated securities used to rise and fall independently of each other and without great influence from the broader markets. Recent studies show that when markets rise, individual stocks still behave differently: some rise and some fall. Yet, when today’s markets fall, most stocks tend to fall in unison, amplifying negative performance of individual equities. The shifting risk-return characteristics of financial markets may influence the outcomes of investing styles, and change the way people look at markets forRead More →