Video: Investing Across the Global Green Bond Market

Stock prices reflect the value of current earnings and the option to make investments that create value, the present value of growth opportunities (PVGO). We analyze how PVGO as a percentage of price serves as a measure of market timing and find it has some use. Next, we observe that the stocks of companies with low PVGO percentages outperformed those with high percentages. Lastly, a simple analysis suggests the PVGO percentage provided a higher return than the value factor in recent years.

In his most recent TAKE, Senior Portfolio Manager Andrew Slimmon reminds investors to think beyond the macro. Instead, he encourages a focus on the micro, specifically the extraordinary Q1 results delivered so far that are forcing analysts to raise future earnings estimates.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) introduces Inside Alternatives LIVE, a real-time, interactive forum bringing together senior MSIM alternatives investment leaders to discuss structural trends, market dynamics and portfolio considerations.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), alongside Ridgeback Group (Ridgeback), announced today the acquisition of the Private Rented Sector (PRS) business of London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q), which trades as Metra Living, for a total enterprise value of £1.045 billion.