After years of market expansion across global equities and strong returns for many fixed-income sectors, are there still value opportunities out there? Or does it all look pricey?
Four investment experts from across Natixis Global Asset Management share their views on valuations, where they see the best relative value today and a few remaining bargain spots.
With yields on government bonds currently at near-zero levels in developed markets, income-hungry investors might be more willing to consider alternative ways to diversify their income stream, says Colin Croft, manager of the Jupiter Emerging European Opportunities Fund.
Bond yields may not have bottomed out, and negative yields are not necessarily a bad thing for certain investors, says Robeco's multi-asset investment head, Lukas Daalder.
According to Yun Young Lee, Fund Manager, Japanese Small Cap at Schroders, there is a compelling case for investing in smaller Japanese companies despite economic uncertainties...
The European Central Bank's (ECB) recently announced bond buying program should help stabilize financial
markets both in the Eurozone and elsewhere. However, quantitative easing by the ECB may not be a panacea
for what ails the Eurozone. More must be done to heighten the global competiveness of member economies.