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Seven ways to turn global change into long-term opportunity
Most mainstream investors are continually bombarded by screaming headlines and endless information streams. Filtering through the noise and discerning what really matters can feel overwhelming at best and impossible at worst. Moreover, fear of missing out on major investment trends as well as fear of holding on to yesterday’s winners, can be sources of additional stress.
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Amid the clutter, Robeco’s Global Multi-Thematic strategy (GMT strategy) offers investors a practical way forward. Using its growth-driver and life-cycle model approaches, the GMT strategy translates key megatrends shaping society – things like technology shifts, demographic change, regulatory pressures, and environmental strains – into concrete investments in real-world companies globally.
With these frameworks as a guide, the investment team is able to pinpoint areas of the economy where demand is building as well as the companies that are best positioned to capture the momentum. They’re also a lens into areas of the economy where demand is fading or where business models are on the decline.
Such clarity helps avoid hype and spot key inflection points of change. It also helps the team decide whether to invest in high-growth stocks, hold on to legacy companies with strong brands and compounding cash flows, reduce exposure or exit a holding completely.
With the GMT strategy, investors get a portfolio that is versatile enough to adapt to macro and structural changes, disciplined enough to focus on company fundamentals, and broad enough to reduce single-theme risk.
In short, a framework designed to turn global change into long-term opportunity.
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