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Special Report

Our recommendations for podcasts (on macro and markets, as well as non-work-related topics) to try over the holidays.

Special Report

Following the release of the Bank Credit Analyst’s annual outlook, we unveil our key views for 2023. The investment strategy takeaway is that we want to lean into risk in the early part of the year but reduce exposure to it in the second half.

Special Report

We explore the eight major themes that will define economic and market trends for Europe next year.

The US producer price index (PPI) release was hotter-than-anticipated in November. Headline PPI for final demand was unchanged at 0.3% m/m, beating expectations of 0.2% m/m. Moreover, the core measure accelerated to 0.4% m/m from an upwardly revised 0.1% m/m,…
  The latest US and Eurozone CPI inflation releases both surprised to the downside, fueling optimism among investors that central banks will soon pivot. However, US labor market dynamics remain very tight. The November jobs and wage growth figures…

Prefer government bonds over stocks, defensive sectors over cyclicals, and large caps over small caps. Favor North America over other markets. Favor emerging markets like Southeast Asia and Latin America over Greater China, Turkey, and emerging Europe. Stick with aerospace/defense stocks.

Special Report

Prefer government bonds over stocks, defensive sectors over cyclicals, and large caps over small caps. Favor North America over other markets. Favor emerging markets like Southeast Asia and Latin America over Greater China, Turkey, and emerging Europe. Stick with aerospace/defense stocks.

Special Report

In this report, we discuss our most important investment themes for global fixed income markets in 2023, and present our main investment recommendations based on those themes. Our broad conclusion: an environment of slowing global inflation, much weaker global growth and less hawkish central banks will be positive for global government bond returns, but problematic for growth-focused spread products like corporate bonds.

In this <i>Strategy Outlook</i>, we present the major investment themes and views we see playing out next year and beyond.

Since the beginning of the year, the US service sector has held up relatively better than manufacturing. The ongoing normalization in household demand for consumer goods following the pandemic binge is weighing on manufacturing activity. Meanwhile, pent-up…