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PLAYBOOK FOR A FED PIVOT

PLAYBOOK FOR A FED PIVOT

Recent inflation data has tempered expectations for future Federal Reserve tightening, including a potential peak in the terminal rate near 5.0% in May or June of 2023. While the market has welcomed this news, history suggests the path to a Fed pivot could be volatile...
PLAYBOOK FOR A FED PIVOT

HOW MIDTERM ELECTIONS MAY MOVE MARKETS

Midterm elections are upon us, with Election Day on Tuesday. Republicans are strongly favored to win the House, and the Senate is roughly a tossup. We believe either outcome would be marketfriendly, although the bigger market driver will likely be central banks’...
PLAYBOOK FOR A FED PIVOT

Low Bar For Earnings Season

Expectations are very low for this earnings season. The challenges are many, with intense cost pressures and slowing economic growth at the top of the list. The chorus of analysts and strategists calling for big cuts to estimates has gotten louder. Expect estimates to...
MARKETS ON WATCH AS XI JINPING’S INFLUENCE TO BE TESTED IN OCTOBER

HOW MUCH HIGHER CAN RATES GO?

Inflationary dynamics continue to surprise to the upside, and markets now expect the Fed to pursue one of its most aggressive rate hiking campaign in years. U.S. Treasury yields continue to move higher as well. We think we’ve seen the biggest moves higher in yields,...