On Balance
The latest signal / indicator to be added the Apollo EDGE platform has been the Investment Cycle which we discussed in an earlier comment – the ability to show the transition from Value to Re-rating to Growth and De-rating (the cycle) is proving very informative.
Yet again, the financial industry has had to start the year on the back foot. As lists of dramatic fund level underperformances circulate in the media, the explanations, rationalisations and justifications for failure are being delivered via fund reports and year ahead presentations.
The Federal reserve is now perceived to be of a Dovish disposition while the China Opening Up story is now prevalent. Risk assets are on the rise and Copper is back to $9000 / tonne. Maybe we should be buying commodity stocks and copper related names in particular. Antofagasta anyone?
Having announced the launch of the Apollo Investment Cycle some weeks ago, today we announced the actual launch of our proprietary Investment Cycle that allows an investor to understand and visualise as a stock, sector or market moves from De-rating to Value, to Re-rating, then Growth.
As the news wires (and not only the financial ones) are dominated by Elon Musk, mostly around Twitter, the value of Tesla and by extension Elon’s own fortune, is melting away as the market tries to assess what Tesla is worth and how to value it?
Today we introduce the Apollo Investment Cycle on the EDGE platform. Clients will already be aware that they can Smart Filter their portfolios and watchlists at a stock level using the proprietary investment factor groupings of Value, Re-rating, Growth and De-rating.
We have recently introduced a new feature on the Apollo Edge platform that allows investors to “Smart Filter” their portfolios or watchlists at the stock level, using our proprietary investment factor groupings of Value, Re-rating, Growth or De-rating.
As the World Cup ‘kicks off’ the usual mania and anticipation may be lacking but as the tournament gets underway every football fan will be rooting for their team and emotions will run high.
We have been using the phrase ‘back to value’ for many years now, but what does it mean, you ask?
We have been referring to Apollo as ‘The Need To Know’ since inception in 2004 for good reason. Investors armed with information and insight make smart decisions at the right time to maximise the chance of a positive outcome and now we bring these insights to ETF investors and distributors.