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Emerging Market equities remain the most attractive of the global equity asset classes we model. U.S. equities continue to benefit from monetary and fiscal stimulus though remain significantly overvalued. The dramatic wea…

Aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus along with explicit statements by central bankers about their intended support has continued to be supportive of global equities. Our research exhibits more confidence in Emerging M…

Subscribe View the printer friendly version here. SUMMARY Aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus along with explicit statements by central bankers about their intended support has continued to be supportive of global equities. Our research exhibits more confidence in Emerging Market equities due to fair valuation, positive investor momentum, and the Federal Reserve’s accommodative monetary policies...

In response to the global pandemic, unprecedented monetary and fiscal support from central banks and governments around the world continues to be supportive of the global capital markets. Correspondingly, our model resear…

Investors seemed to look past bleak employment news this week and pinned hopes on the re-opening of the American economy and signs of U.S. and China commencing trade talks. Bond traders began pricing the possibility of the Fed c…

The crisis surrounding the global pandemic caused a market maelstrom the speed of which has been steeper than any other sell off in U.S. history. U.S. equity markets declined nearly 34% from the peak in mid-February to the troug…

Our model research indicates a negative outlook for European, Japanese and Emerging Market equities. U.S. equities remain overvalued despite the S&P 500 index decline of over 10% from its mid-February high. The model’s preference in fixed income continues to favor intermediate-term U.S. Treasuries. Gold and U.S. Treasuries provide the potential for upside opportunity and downside protection should the equity markets continue to sell-off.

The onset of the Coronavirus alongside recent changes in several economic indicators have increased the level of uncertainty for global economic growth.  Correspondingly, our research indicates a less positive outlook fo…

We begin the year of 2020 summarizing the fourth quarter of 2019 and looking ahead into the new year. The fourth quarter was strong with China trade talks being positive. This helped ease investor fears of an imminent recession&…

Continued monetary stimulus from the Fed, including $60 billion per month in balance sheet expansion beginning in October, along with positive investor psychology have continued to propel equity markets higher. Currently …