James Monroe

James Monroe senior client consultant at Investment Metrics

  • Regime change impact on US markets
    Features

    Ahead of the curve: Factors in political change

    December 2021 (Magazine)

    The evacuation of US and coalition troops and civilians from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover in August prompted us to examine other episodes of regime change and how equity markets reacted. 

  • Change in US 10-year rate and active performance of value:growth stocks
    Features

    Ahead of the curve: Will rising rates see value stocks win?

    September 2021 (Magazine)

    There is growing global anticipation that central banks are likely to increase short-term rates. The spectre of inflationary pressure on longer-term rates looms large. What does this mean for value and growth stocks? Value might be expected to come up top and growth to lose out. But this is not the whole story. We examined stock returns during several historical periods of rate increases in the US and UK to see which factor would ultimately come out on top, and when.