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What does the investment landscape look like, what are the key issues facing investors, how are they expected to be resolved and what asset classes are best positioned?
May 2024
Market Assessment
Key developments
- Global growth picks up to a trend-like pace as manufacturing activity accelerates
- Government bond yields rise as rate cut expectations are priced out
- Higher yields and geopolitical uncertainty weigh on equities, triggering the biggest drawdown since October
Monthly Key Points: May 2024
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- May 2024 | The stock market’s decoupling from rate expectations carries risks
- April 2024 | More policy rate cuts are expected in H2, supporting equity markets
- March 2024 | Stocks to trump credit as tight High Yield spreads decouple from stocks
- February 2024 | “U-S-A”, “U-S-A”
- December 2023 | A challenging outlook for US corporate earnings
- November 2023 | The S&P 500 is in correction territory as market constituents paint an ugly picture
- October 2023 | ‘Higher for longer’ rates unsettle investors
- September 2023 | Investors appear to underestimate the risks of a pronounced economic slowdown
- December 2022 | High Yield in a lull before the storm
- November 2022 | Chinese equities massively underperform as investors demand higher risk premia
- October 2022 | Earnings estimates still too high in the face of looming recession
- September 2022 | Unusual for stocks to bottom prior to recession
- December 2021 | US reacceleration to support equities, but Omicron concerns may weigh near term
- November 2021 | Bear flattening amid stagflation fears
- October 2021 | Pervasive downbeat sentiment suggests a bottoming out in stocks
- September 2021 | No taper tantrums for developed markets
- December 2020 | Rotation
- November 2020 | A second wave of coronavirus poses a challenge to the global recovery
- October 2020 | Global equities are hit by a healthy correction
- September 2020 | The credit nightmare may be over for companies, but capital focus is still warranted
- December 2019 | Signs of exuberance as risk assets continue to move higher
- November 2019 | US Equities Climb to Record Highs
- October 2019 | Rate cuts boost risk assets, but now what?
- September 2019 | Investor pessimism may have gone too far
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