From the Consultant’s Desk: 10 Trends in 2020

By Mark J. Cintolo, CFA®, CAIA® - Kevin McCullough, CFA®



Portfolio consultants Mark Cintolo and Kevin McCullough discuss the trends they’ve been seeing in institutional and financial advisors’ model portfolios. From the record dispersion between growth and value stocks to the ongoing struggle to find yield, 2020 was a year that saw an uptick in emerging markets allocations, growing interest in ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing – and a profusion of unicorns.
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