In the February issue of our monthly flagship publication, we feature:
On the Record by Chief Investment Officer Tony Roth, where he talks about the recent bounce in stock markets and what it—as well as the preceding drop—indicates for the positioning of your portfolio, whether it reflects problematic economic fundamentals, and if it signals a coming recession.
January 31, 2019– Chairman Powell and the Federal Reserve pushed a message of “patience” after its meeting yesterday, meaning the central bank does not expect to raise interest rates for several months. This is entirely justified by the U.S. economic data, the slowdown abroad, and the numerous risks that lurk. The Fed also gave some more transparency about its willingness to slow down the ongoing normalization of its balance sheet.
Our 2019 forecast for markets, economies, and portfolios.Horizontal digitization of technology across economic sectorsLabor productivity’s race against the clockRates and the global debt super cycleTwenty years ago, MSCI and S&P Dow Jones indices developed the Global Industry Classification Standard and defined sectors and industries for the equities market more or less as we know them today.
