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After Jackson Hole, markets are pricing in big rate cuts for the US. What are the risks of disappointment?
Talk of early 2024 US rate cuts, which spurred a strong rally in bonds and equities globally, has seen a significant reversal.
There is a lot to ponder as a portfolio manager today. Expansionary fiscal initiatives from the new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, have heightened worries about a further widening of the already huge UK current account deficit, Sterling has set a new all-time low against the US dollar and the International Monetary Fund, in a very unusual move, has advised the UK government that its November budget presents an early opportunity to “re-evaluate” the new tax measures.
We now have a two-speed economy, and much talk about a disconnect between stock market and economy. But this won’t change our research and stock picking focus
World equity indices plunged during Q4 last year before staging a powerful recovery, regaining virtually all the ground they had lost. This extraordinary turn of events may look irrational, but it tells a coherent story about the fragility of investor confidence as we navigate the end of this economic cycle and approach the US elections in 2020.
In the space of just 12 months, markets have switched from expecting interest rate rises to expecting interest rate falls. Broadly speaking, this means 2019 should be a good year for fixed income. But investors are treading a fine line and need to differentiate between fixed income strategies
In the past three years we have seen the “revenge of the index” in the UK, where a market narrowly led by the large commodity stocks has made it harder for all-cap managers to keep pace. Are we now on the precipice of a reversion of this? Could there be enough attractive targets within the market that are opportunities for actively managed funds – heralding the return of activism? Richard Colwell, Head of UK Equities, discusses.
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