JHMU News and Press, John Hancock Multifactor Utilities From 02/14/22

We now have evidence that the shift toward sustainability is leading to a repricing of assets across the board - and believe it has a lot more room to run. US inflation hit new 40-year highs, sending bond yields soaring amid market expectations of more rate hikes. We see the market&#x...

The goal of the DDM is to quickly and easily utilize available resources of an asset to understand what the intrinsic value of that asset is based on certain market and company expectations. If the required return component of the equation rises without expectations of higher company ...

In an uncertain macroeconomic environment, the certainty of future earnings and growth will be key: infrastructure and utilities significantly outperform other equities on this measure. With a base case of slowing growth and higher inflation, our playbook for infrastructure portfolios...

The US rebound from the Q3 slowdown is in full bloom. The economy certainly looks like it is on solid ground right now. So, why in the world are bonds rallying? The 10-year Treasury yield fell 10 basis points on Friday after the payroll report. The movements in bond markets today ...

The major US equity indices moved in concert, but the big disappointment so far this year has been small caps. Energy is clearly where the action is this year. After spending years at the bottom of the tables, Natural Gas, Gasoline, and Crude Oil now lead the pack. For furth...

Industrial production – manufacturing output, oil-and-gas extraction, mining, and gas and electric utilities – fell 1.3% in September from August, pushed down by production of motor vehicles and parts, which plunged 7.2% for the month, and by oil and gas extraction, which fe...

Taking a look at how the expected Q3 ’21 sector revenue growth rates have changed since mid-August ’21 or the unofficial end of Q2 ’21 earnings season. Per Bespoke’s research, the S&P 500 has now reached “extremely oversold” levels, worse ...

The current slowdown was telegraphed by the bond market, and we’re now in the midst of it. There are any number of reasons to think the economy will just keep fading all the way back to the pre-COVID trend of about 2%. I don’t see any reason to believe we are near recess...

With broad market indexes and income sectors like REITs and utilities hovering near all-time highs, the yields for many equity income investments are noticeably lower now than in the past. This note briefly discusses the income challenge facing investors and how allocations to midstre...

Defensive stocks are often misunderstood. In recent years, even when they have delivered strong and steady earnings, returns have disappointed. After a period of underperformance for defensives, a broadening market can represent real opportunity. Beyond utilities, we believe that ...