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Summary The recession we see from Federal Reserve rate hikes eclipses any impact from U.S. midterm elections. We stay underweight developed market (DM) stocks. Yields rose and stocks rallied off lows as markets mulled the scope of central bank rate hikes amid a “whatever it...
Summary Short-term market movements normally react to political developments only when those developments pertain directly to changes in interest rate policy or tax policy, since those are two variables that, when changed, have an immediate effect on cash flow valuation models. If...
Summary Europe’s energy security and decarbonization goals will spur R&D in cleantech, solar in particular. We expect further easing of monetary and fiscal policies to boost growth prospects and earnings expectations, and possibly trigger a rebound in Chinese equities. ...
Summary The Chinese leader’s address spanned a wide range of topics from the nation’s zero-COVID policy to its growth objectives. Regarding China’s zero-COVID strategy, Xi touted its success in containing the virus and signaled that a relaxation of the policy ...
Summary Wall Street will pay close attention to the first look at third-quarter GDP. This is the critical week for guidance from mega-cap tech that will either make or break risk appetite. A new week will bring a new Prime Minister in the UK, the third in two months, following...
Summary Markets have greeted the news of UK prime minister Liz Truss's resignation with minimal reaction. We suspect UK assets will find it difficult to fully shake off the political risk premium that has been built in over recent weeks. 10-year yields could struggle to stay b...
Summary Over a five-year period, both the global index and the blue-chip FTSE 100 have outperformed the FTSE 250. Looking into the causes of the FTSE 100’s recent outperformance shows that different industry exposures are a key reason. FTSE 100 companies are more expose...
Summary UK bond prices have plunged recently after a sharp sell-off in government bonds (gilts) was compounded by forced selling from distressed UK pension funds. For now, some forced selling remains as UK-defined benefit pension funds strive to meet margin calls on the leveraged ...
Summary After a few tumultuous weeks, British policymakers have unwound almost all the planned growth policies. After the new tax cuts (0.5% of GDP) were proposed, gilts and the pound took a big step lower, with markets demanding a premium to buy U.K. assets. We anticipate tha...
Summary With no end in sight for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, energy markets around the world look forward nervously as winter approaches. The recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act has set the trend for deep decarbonization of the whole economy as well as net zero in the US...
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iShares today announced its plans to close the following U.S.-listed ETFs on November 2, 2023. The funds will cease trading and no longer accept creation or redemption orders after market close on October 30, 2023. Proceeds of the liquidation are currently scheduled to be sent to shareholders...