Risk

The current trend in stock market volatility may benefit strategies that sell index-based call options, such as those offered by Gateway.

Current interest rate and volatility dynamics enable index options-based strategies to generate meaningful cash flow and improved risk-adjusted return.

Gateway’s Chief Investment Strategist analyzes historical bond market data for clues to real returns in high-inflation environments.

Gateway’s Chief Investment Strategist analyzes 60 years of stock market data following significant drawdowns for clues to performance in 2023 and beyond.

Gateway’s Chief Investment Strategist describes how the volatility across stocks and bonds in 2022 was beneficial for index option writing strategies.

Gateway’s Chief Investment Strategist examines how the use of “zero days to expiration” index option strategies may be fueling equity market volatility.

Gateway’s Chief Investment Strategist examines today’s low price-to-earnings ratio of the S&P 500® in the context of historical equity returns.

Gateway’s Chief Investment Strategist explains why higher implied volatility doesn’t necessarily imply persistently falling equity markets.

Gateway’s Chief Investment Strategist analyzes six decades of stock and bond returns, providing historical context for the first six months of 2022.

Identifying a portfolio’s risk factors – the underlying investment exposures that drive returns – is a critical step in the asset allocation process.

Results from the 2020 Global Survey of Financial Professionals reveal optimistic growth goals and the opportunity for professionals to recalibrate strategy and rethink business models.

Institutions face an environment without precedent in global politics, finance and economics. They are developing creative solutions to navigate it, drawing on a wider variety of assets and resources than ever to pursue their investment mandates.

After a first half run-up, our market strategists think rate cuts are already priced in, leaving little to get excited about in the second half of 2019.

With the return of market volatility, professional fund buyers reveal their top concerns–and how they plan to meet their goals despite them.