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But we do not decide whether to own an asset or not based on how it has felt to hold it historically we do so on our best judgment of the future returns we believe the asset can deliver. It is doubly uncomfortable doing so when that asset was not covering itself in glory during the good days. It is not a particularly pleasant feeling to own an asset whose price has dropped. 2 The gap between Value and Growth looked extremely wide across global markets, reaching levels unseen outside of the Tech Bubble. We also predicted Small Cap Value stocks would trounce cap-weighted indices in the U.S. At the beginning of the year, EM Value stocks looked poised to deliver double-digit returns over the S&P 500. Prior to the downturn, we were excited by the extraordinary spreads between cheap and expensive assets. Treasuries – the safest of assets – have seen bid-ask spreads widen beyond 1 point.

Fixed income markets are turbulent, with liquidity so sparse that U.S.

Equity markets globally, with few exceptions, have plunged, delivering the fastest -30% moves on record for most indices. In the past 20 trading sessions, the S&P 500 has seen more 3%+ daily swings than it had in the previous 5 years. It has been an extraordinary four weeks in markets worldwide. Now is the time to act on your portfolio allocation. Once peak volatility fades, however, these dynamics will renormalize.

In a sharp drawdown, correlations among assets rise.

dollar has strengthened against a basket of EM currencies, leaving EM currencies 1.4 standard deviations cheap relative to history. markets have fallen roughly in tandem in local currency terms maintaining their historically wide valuation spreads Europe, UK, and Japan Value stocks are cheap in absolute terms while Emerging Market (EM) Value stocks are extremely cheap. This potentially presents an opportunity for the valuation-sensitive investor willing to buy cheap assets today.

Bear markets often play out in three phases, with cheap assets outperforming in Phases 2 and 3.

Before the current downturn, the market was offering up very attractive relative equity opportunities as some pockets of the market were much cheaper than others.