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![Monthly Index News: March 2024](png/roofportfoliosq12021update_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks gained for a fifth straight month in March, lifting the STOXX® Global 1800 index to a new all-time high, as investors raised their estimates for global economic growth.
![Monthly Index News: February 2024](png/erm_03042021_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks extended gains in February, lifting the STOXX® Global 1800 index to a record high, following better-than-expected US labour market and corporate earnings reports.
![Multifactor strategies: Proving their worth in the factor investment landscape](jpg/po490_listing.jpg)
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Multifactor strategies: Proving their worth in the factor investment landscape
A new study from specialists at BlackRock and STOXX explores the potential benefits of low tracking-error, multifactor portfolios. While factor investing has historically been dominated by single-factor strategies with relatively strong tilts, the authors show that diversification across multiple factors with smaller tilts and less tracking error can pay off in the long run.
![Monthly Index News: January 2024](png/erm_02252021_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks extended gains in January, lifting the STOXX® Global 1800 index near an all-time high, as optimism that major central banks will soon start cutting interest rates carried into the new year.
![Monthly Index News: December 2023](jpg/abscract-zig-zag-building-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks extended gains in December, pushing the STOXX® Global 1800 index to a record high, on optimism that the Federal Reserve has managed to bring inflation under control without causing a recession.
![Monthly Index News: November 2023](png/ficotw_11182020_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks jumped by the most in three years in November as better-than-expected inflation reports bolstered investors’ expectations that interest rates in the US and elsewhere may have peaked.
![Monthly Index News: October 2023](png/videostatestreetcompanyscharlesriverdevelopmentandqontigolookingforwardtothenextphaseofourpartnership_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks fell for a third consecutive month in October on concerns that interest rates will remain higher for longer, and amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East.
![Monthly Index News: September 2023](jpg/equity-risk-monitor-main-900x350.jpg)
Stocks fell by the most in one year in September amid expectations that interest rates in the US may stay higher for longer than previously expected.
![Monthly Index News: August 2023](jpg/global-index-extends-recovery-in-july-even-as-european-stocks-falter-900x350.jpg)
Stocks fell in August amid softening economic data in Europe and China, and expectations that US interest rates may stay high for a long period.
![Monthly Index News: July 2023](jpg/corporatecreditportfolioconstructiontargetinglowbetanamesduringthecovid19marketcrisis_intro-e1600865633301-900x350.jpg)
Stocks rose in July amid signs that global inflation is easing and that the US economy may avoid a recession.
![Monthly Index News: June 2023](png/mac_07302021_intro-900x350.png)
In June, stocks had their second-best month this year on optimism that the global economy is weathering a slowdown and that inflation is easing.
![MASTERCLASS: Factor Investing – June 2023](jpg/best-index-provider-900x350.jpg)
Recent market developments and investing trends have prompted investors to reconsider their investment allocations. Factors assist investors in understanding the present market and informing their investment decisions. Melissa Brown, Managing Director of Applied Research, joins two experts to discuss factor investing in this video.