Ten reasons to consider low volatility investing

Susanne Willumsen of Lazard Asset Management explains why low volatility equity investing should be viewed as an independent asset class and what it can add to your portfolio.

It has been another volatile year in equity markets. In the final quarter of 2012, markets are once again optimistic that a suitable resolution to the European crisis is nearing, monetary stimulus will boost economies in the US, Japan and the UK and a hard landing in China can be avoided. Yet, even the most optimistic investor would acknowledge that there will be some bumps along the way as the global economy deleverages and adjusts to more austere times. Low volatility equity investing is about smoothing out some of those bumps and generating a more stable pattern of equity growth. T...