KLDW News and Press, Knowledge Leaders Developed World From 05/04/23

2023-05-04 02:30:00 ET Summary In a welcome departure from 2022, first quarter returns across the board were positive for the capital markets despite meaningful volatility. We saw a continued outperformance by international stocks versus the US and positive returns for fixed incom...

2023-05-02 02:15:00 ET Summary Stock and bond markets ended the first quarter of 2023 with solid gains despite investor concerns. Gains in the stock and bond markets were primarily driven by a continued decline in interest rates, the rate of inflation, and surprisingly resilient e...

2023-04-25 14:33:00 ET Summary Despite persistent inflation and tightening financial conditions, the global economic expansion will continue at a moderate pace. Global real GDP growth picked up from an annual rate of 1.5% quarter over quarter at the end of 2022 to an estimated 2.5...

2023-04-25 11:55:00 ET Summary We believe fixed income markets present fundamental advantages that enable active managers to outperform benchmarks. These include market inefficiencies, index rules and reconstitutions, participant motivation, and trading inefficiencies. In fixed in...

2023-04-24 05:57:00 ET Summary The China recovery story is generating some buzz. Cooperation, integration, and alliances are seen as mutually beneficial. Policymakers almost everywhere face the predicament of elevated inflation and weakening growth prospects. It was ...

2023-04-22 02:25:00 ET Summary China’s GDP in the first quarter came in considerably stronger than expected, raising hopes for the global economy and equity markets. The economic rebound in the first quarter, at 4.5% y/y, was led by the domestic consumption and services sec...

2023-04-21 08:20:00 ET Summary While U.S. growth has remained strong, even accelerating in early 1Q, leading indicators continue to signal recession. Tighter lending standards, as a result of the recent banking crisis, only increase the risk of a hard landing. Part of the inflatio...

2023-04-21 03:00:00 ET Summary China has inked deals with countries like Brazil to trade in either the Chinese yuan or the Brazilian real directly, thereby bypassing conversion to the dollar. The amount of sovereign debt denominated in US dollars (liabilities of non-US central ban...

2023-04-20 15:00:00 ET Summary World trade has been falling, but we still expect growth to return this year. We do notice large shifts in world trade as advanced economies - especially the US - are diversifying input sourcing. With extreme pandemic effects fading, supply chain...

2023-04-12 02:39:00 ET Summary Global inflationary pressures continued to moderate in March, though remained elevated by historical standards. Looking at what's reportedly driving selling prices higher, the most striking development in recent months is the extent to which energy-d...