A group of investors once left for dead looks more prepared than anyone to fight off a trade war

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• An escalating global trade war stoked by the actions of the Trump administration has been largely responsible for stock market volatility in recent weeks.
• A group of investors once left for dead is surprisingly well-positioned to withstand mounting trade-war pressures, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

As President Donald Trump prepares to ratchet up the stakes of a mounting global trade war, one group of investors is well-positioned to withstand the fallout.

That would be active managers, or traders who make their bona fides analyzing the fundamentals of companies and selecting stocks accordingly. Once left for dead amid the rise of automated financial advisers and passive strategies, stock-picking enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in 2017 and now looks well-hedged against trade-war pressures.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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