Investment Insights

Highlights from the week of May 26 – June 1, 2023.

The Voya Machine Intelligence team aims to take emotion out of the investment process to deliver alpha that is uncorrelated to more traditional equity strategies.

It is critical for plan fiduciaries to understand the differences in target date design in order to select the fund that best matches the needs and characteristics of their plan and its participants.

Private equity has traditionally been dominated by large institutions, but is gaining ground in individual investor portfolios, helped by a growing secondary market that has made allocating to private equity easier.

With yields near 15-year highs, bonds have resumed their role in portfolios as a tool for potential income, compelling risk-adjusted returns and diversification.

With inflation running at a 40-year high and the Fed taking aggressive measures...

Big data — no longer the exclusive domain of Silicon Valley — is reshaping traditional industries and creating opportunities for investors, even in surprising places like manufacturing and agriculture.

Political brinksmanship over the debt limit is poised to push the Treasury to the edge. If 2011 is a guide, T-bill discounts could get wider into June, potentially causing ripple effects across markets.

After a decade of lagging growth stocks, value investing is seeing a resurgence. But as traditional value metrics used for 100 years have struggled to remain relevant, we recognize that successful value investors must evolve with the changing market environment. It’s time to reassess how to take advantage of this opportunity through a new lens. Introducing excess capital yield (ECY).

Higher income has reduced near-term risk and is setting up the bond market for a run of attractive long-term returns.