All United States articles – Page 5
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Inflation and Consumer Sentiment
U.S. consumer sentiment has defied predictions of excess savings running dry, but do hotter inflation data pose a risk?
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Dare to diversify
‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket’, or at least not too many eggs, is a widely known maxim. These days, however, a benchmarked global equity portfolio has a very high share of US ‘eggs’. The market capitalisation of the MSCI World and MSCI All Country World indices represented by the US is at all time highs. The large weight partly reflects highly valued mega-tech and artificial intelligence companies.
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The bulls are in control
As equity markets continue to rally, our investment team explains why investors should be looking beyond the headline-making names for greater returns.
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Sun setting on the tightening cycle
The Fed has removed its tightening bias, opening the door to rate cuts.
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US Inflation surprise on the Fed radar
The January inflation data in the US is not totally reassuring for the Fed. While goods prices continue to slow down, core services inflation is picking up, notably in Shelters, Medical care, and Education & Communication.
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Asset Manager News
Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines execute 75,000 square feet of new leases at 10 & 120 South Riverside Plaza in Chicago
With the addition of Pinterest, Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society and Syska Hennessy Group, 156,000 square feet of leases have been signed over the last 12 months as the property advances $75 million redevelopment
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Keeping an Eye on Liquidity as Risks Converge
The Fed’s close monitoring and well-signaled tapering of QT should prevent disruptions to the short-term funding markets—despite converging risks.
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Putting recent commercial real estate debt headlines into perspective
New York Community Bank (NYCB) posted a surprise fourth-quarter loss as it built reserves for commercial real estate (CRE) debt losses, and it cut its dividend by more than 70%, resulting in the greatest-ever-day-over-day decline for the stock (–38%).
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Four things to watch ahead of the US elections
This is the biggest election year in world history. Seventy-six countries — home to roughly 4.4 billion people — will hold political contests in 2024.
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A Rangebound Study in Long U.S. Corporates
At this point in the market cycle, we see the long corporate sector as a fitting example of the rangebound conditions that ebb and flow.
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Can the banks deliver for investors in 2024?
Today, with the exception of the US regional banks, fundamentals across the banking sector are the strongest they have been in decades.
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Angling for Growth Potential and Income? US Markets Offer Multi-Asset Investors Both
The US can be an expansive single source of long-term growth potential and income.
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Outerblue Convictions - Global Investment Views: Central banks still centre stage
We may only be a few weeks into 2024, but the markets have been anything but quiet. After a rocky period at the end of the year, bonds and equities eventually returned to positive territory in January, with the notable exception of China. Central banks remain centre stage, as markets continue to speculate over their next steps.
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US SMID: Seven questions answered
After a bumpy 2023, small- and medium-sized US companies are now in a good place to outperform in 2024, argues fund manager Mark Sherlock.
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Where are the best opportunities at the short end of the curve?
Federated Hermes’ Short Term Investments Committee of portfolio managers meets on a monthly basis to provide insights, strategise, and discuss investment opportunities across the short end of the yield curve.
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The Future of Renewables
We consider continued renewables expansion in developed markets and explore the themes of repowering, overpowering, co-location and grid capacity constraints
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U.S. Real Estate Market Outlook: Lifting Fog
At the start of 2023, economists believed there was a 63% probability that a recession would occur during the year (many estimated that the U.S. was already in a recession). The path of inflation was uncertain, as was the impact of higher interest rates on consumers and U.S. businesses. The war in Ukraine was also relatively new, causing heightened geopolitical uncertainty and energy market volatility, further pressuring economic growth.
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Is the “Vibe-cession” for US Consumers on Its Way Out?
Falling inflation hasn’t yet translated into good feelings among US consumers. Based on the latest data, that might be changing.
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Are central banks already taking a victory lap?
Franklin Templeton Fixed Income believes growth projections for the United States will continue to improve as a “soft landing” becomes the most likely outcome, while other economies may face harsher conditions. Fixed Income Views presents the team’s first-quarter 2024 outlook.
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The Destination, Not the Journey
Interest rate expectations are volatile right now, but focus on the fact that almost everyone agrees rates have peaked and their next move is down.