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Strategies underweighting Energy suffered in Q3 as the stocks continued their strong run. The Alternative Energy stocks bounceback helped lift green tech-focused Environmental Opportunities.

Among the more notable twists of this year’s raucous third quarter was the upending of the long-running underperformance of the US Growth indexes versus their Value counterparts.

Few sectors escaped this year’s global equity selloff in Q3. Which ones were the most affected? Click here to find out.

Recently, attention has been especially drawn to the income bias that is ingrained in sovereign ESG scores.

Following a decade of turbocharged outperformance in the early 2000s, emerging-market stocks have been mired in a protracted losing streak versus their developed-market peers.

Energy market has certainly had a very positive year so far. FTSE All World Oil, Gas & Coal is up 20% YTD (to end August), 39% ahead of broader FTSE All World Equity Index.

Interest rate risk has become one of the key worries of the global investors, as central banks struggle to keep inflation in check.

Value stocks have been on a wild ride lately, badly lagging the broader market indexes and the growth-heavy Quality factor in the global rally in July.

The MBS market saw its performance steadily decline in the days leading into the month-end Jackson Hole Fed summit, as Vols ticked up and widening ensued.

World's major central banks grew increasingly united in their resolve to bring inflation under control. How did major indices react? Click here to find out.