Research Signals - August 2021

• US: Within the US Large Cap universe the Historical Growth model had the strongest one month decile return spread performance, returning 4.40%, while the Price Momentum model lagged. Over the US Small Cap universe, our Earnings Momentum model had the strongest one month decile return spread performance, returning 4.15%, while the Deep Value model lagged.
• Developed Europe: Over the Developed Europe universe, our Price Momentum model returned 0.41% on a one month decile return spread basis, while Relative Value lagged.
• Developed Pacific: Over the Developed Pacific universe, the Price Momentum model had the strongest one month decile return spread performance, returning 1.43%, while the Value Momentum model lagged. The Relative Value model's one year cumulative performance is currently 16.85%.
• Emerging Markets: Within the Emerging Markets universe, our Price Momentum model returned 4.75% on one month quintile return spread basis, while Earnings Momentum lagged. The Earnings Momentum model's one year cumulative performance is still the highest for the EM universe at 12.44%.
• Sector Rotation: The US Large Cap Sector Rotation model returned 1.60%. The Energy sector had a favorable ranking and the Non-Cyclicals sector had an unfavorable ranking. The US Small Cap Sector Rotation model with a return of 1.70%. The Telecom sector had a favorable ranking and the Utilities sector had an unfavorable ranking. The Developed Europe Sector Rotation model struggled during the month. The Basic Materials sector had a favorable ranking and the Non-Cyclicals sector had an unfavorable ranking.
• Specialty Models: Within our specialty model library the Retail model had the strongest one month quintile return spread performance returning 7.98%, while the Technology model struggled. The Insurance model's one year cumulative performance is the highest at 19.1% while the Oil and Gas model's performance is the lowest at -7%.

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