Why it's Canada's time to shine: A Canadian Equity update featuring Doug Cooper, Senior Portfolio Manager.

Since November 2020, there has been a material rotation away from growth and momentum stocks into value and dividend stocks in Canada and globally.¹ There are a number of reasons behind this rotation all of which point to a very favourable outlook for Canadian equities and, in particular, Empire Life’s Canadian mandates which focuses on high quality businesses trading at sensible valuations.

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¹ From October 30, 2020 to March 25, 2021 the MSCI World Value Index was up 29.6% versus the MSCI World Growth Index up 14.5%; over the same time period the MSCI Canada Value Index was up 35.1% versus the MSCI Canada Growth Index up 7.9% (Source: Bloomberg). 

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