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Recent bank failures and market volatility

We’ve been closely monitoring the banking crisis and corresponding global market volatility. With new developments occurring daily, we’re committed to keeping you up to date on the very latest factors impacting markets and portfolios.

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Macro views
9 min

Further concerns, or crisis contagion?

Over the past week, investors have had to digest U.S. banking failures and the threatened collapse of a major European bank. This stress has finally underscored the tensions between the global central bank’s efforts to tame inflation and growing concerns that further policy tightening will spark a crisis.

Expert
Seema Shah
Chief Global Strategist
Macro views
2 min

Fed rate hikes: A history of subsequent crises

Fixed income
2 min

Preferreds and CoCos - Uncommon values

Real estate
5 min

U.S. regional banks: Crisis averted but commercial real estate likely to face more scrutiny

Global Asset Allocation Viewpoints

Our quarterly investment outlook highlights the themes and investment implications for the period ahead.


Global Asset Allocation Viewpoints
1Q 2023

Half agony, half hope

Major central banks have now decelerated their tightening, but this isn’t a precursor to a less hawkish stance. The stubborn inflation story means that policy rates are rising further and will not be cut, even as recession takes hold. Against this backdrop, broad equities will likely remain challenged.

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Short, timely takes on top-of-mind topics for investors.
Macro views
2 min

Federal Reserve: A stability dilemma

Recent banking sector volatility, coupled with a February CPI report that shows inflation is still running hot, means the Federal Reserve now has a new dilemma: Price stability or financial stability.

Macro views
2 min

China post-reopening: Unleashing the pent-up demand?

Chinese equities have delivered a spectacular rebound since the COVID reopening. Whether markets see another leg up will be partly impacted by the pace of demand recovery and the willingness of households to draw down their excess savings.

Asset allocation
2 min

Market risks: A golden era no more

With the fruitful tandem of low central bank policy rates and muted inflation no longer carrying asset prices higher, investors need to thoughtfully reconsider their portfolio construction process.

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Macro views
5 min

March FOMC meeting: A whirlwind few weeks results in a 25 basis point Fed hike

After two weeks of almost non-stop market turmoil and volatility, and just over a year, to the day, from when it first started hiking rates in this cycle, the Federal Reserve raised policy rates by 25 basis points, taking the benchmark rate up to 4.75%-5.00% at March's FOMC meeting.

Expert
Seema Shah
Chief Global Strategist
Fixed income
2 min

UBS agrees to purchase CS: Making sense when AT1 is written down and common stock lives on

Fixed income
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UBS agrees to purchase Credit Suisse

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

2Q 2023 Global Asset Allocation Viewpoints

What should investors expect from markets and the economy in the second quarter and beyond? Hear our perspectives including key investment themes and asset allocation preferences.

7:00 a.m. PT, 9:00 a.m. CT, 10:00 a.m. ET, 11:00 a.m. BRT, 3:00 p.m. BST, 4:00 p.m. CEST

Speakers
Seema Shah
Chief Global Strategist
Todd Jablonski, CFA
Chief Investment Officer & Head of Asset Allocation
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