Whether it’s built for accumulation or decumulation, a well-balanced asset mix needs to meet client objectives over the long term. This means consistent and sustainable growth to offset market ups-and-downs, rising rates and inflation. The million-dollar question right now is where can investors find that growth?
The global equity market, as represented by the MSCI World Index, contains over 1,600 companies* with growth potential. However, investing in the broad market means taking the good with the bad – and everything in between. These days, selecting the best of the best is not easy, so advisors and their clients need to consider growth strategies engineered to weather ups-and-downs over time, with return potential that gets them where they want to be.
BMO’s global growth strategies are engineered to invest in companies that operate in industries and sectors capable of sustained growth well beyond the normal market time horizon. With disciplined sector allocation, the Funds typically avoid sectors that are closely tied to the economic cycle, like Energy, Industrials and Utilities. As such, the Funds are an excellent source of diversified growth potential as they typically have little to no exposure to Canada.
Source: BMO Global Asset Management as at December 31, 2018. For illustrative purposes only.
Source: BMO Global Asset Management as at December 31, 2018. For illustrative purposes only.
“Advisors and their clients can feel comfortable that when the next cyclical slump arrives, their exposure to the high quality companies we’ve selected should help protect their portfolios.”
Michael Hughes, SVP and Client Portfolio Manager, Guardian Capital
Over time, quality stocks tend to provide higher returns and lower volatility than the market. The BMO MSCI All Country World High Quality Index ETF seeks to replicate this by implementing three fundamental quality factors.
10 year annualized return vs. the 10 year standard deviation. All returns in CAD (Net). Source: MSCI November 2018. For illustrative purposes only.
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