GSEU News and Press, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Europe Equity From 05/30/23

2023-05-30 11:35:00 ET Summary Inflation has proven sticky, even as growth weakens. Markets are realizing that policy rates are set to stay higher for longer. We like quality in stocks and bonds. Tech stocks surged further last week even as debt ceiling talks spurred bouts of vola...

2023-05-30 03:55:00 ET Summary The deal between President Biden and House leader McCarthy amounts to the removal of a tail risk for financial markets, that of a US default. A deal to raise the US debt ceiling increases selling pressure on Treasuries but will also result in tighter...

2023-05-29 06:50:00 ET Summary To make sense of today’s market conundrum, remember that things could have been worse than they are, and that investors are more defensive than they appear. Each time we run through all the reasons to be bearish on equities, we are struck by j...

2023-05-26 21:00:00 ET Summary Treasury Secretary Yellen will soon provide an update on the X-date and that could show talks might have an extra week from the current June 1st deadline to get a deal done. The lira hit a record low against the dollar on Friday ahead of the vote, wi...

2023-05-24 02:25:00 ET Summary The financial markets are giving off mixed signals of late, and credit investors may wonder whether to be downbeat or optimistic. At first blush, corporate fundamentals appear to be softening, with top-line growth and earnings showing signs of slowin...

2023-05-24 00:30:00 ET Summary Eurozone business output grew for a fifth straight month in May, pointing to robust economic growth so far in the second quarter. Strong service sector growth contrasted with a steepening loss of factory output, linked in turn to a widening divergenc...

2023-05-23 23:16:00 ET Summary The idea of bunting (“small ball”) in baseball is that you can, somewhat counterintuitively, build a game-winning strategy through conservative positioning. Since the GFC, financial markets had fallen into a dynamic whereby if economic ...

2023-05-23 21:56:00 ET Summary Have central banks done enough to get inflation back to 2%? Are central banks still in control or will they be overwhelmed by troubling financial conditions? Why China's rebound has been softer than expected. For further det...

2023-05-23 00:00:00 ET Summary Despite the challenges of high inflation, tightening financial conditions and geopolitical conflicts, the global economy is likely to avert a recession. World real GDP growth picked up from an annual rate of 1.6% quarter over quarter in the final qua...

2023-05-22 21:15:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 Index made a new high for 2023 last week while its cousin – the S&P 500 Equal Weighted Index – was actually down for the year at the lows of last week. With Republicans walking out of debt ceiling negotiations last F...