In today’s Market Factors, I take a look at investment strategies for nervous investors, suggest a real estate investment trust that could be an attractive buy right now, and share an assortment of timely thoughts.

Equities

Four risk-conscious investment strategies

Newish BMO chief investment strategist Francois Trahan helpfully published four separate risk-conscious investment strategies in a Tuesday report to help investors through this period of volatility. Mr. Trahan emphasized that this is not an exhaustive list of potential risk-focused portfolio strategy options, just those best suited to current conditions.

The first option he calls “Middle Beta” which is focused on sectors that are neither positively nor negatively…