Developed Countries
NOK is the worst performing major currency year-to-date, down more than 6% against the dollar and 5% against the euro. That is on top of a nearly 10% drop in 2022. Notably, as a major oil producer, and increasingly a natural gas exporter, NOK has not…
BCA Research’s Global Investment Strategy service’s view continues to be that inflation, rather than recession, is the bigger risk for 2023. Nevertheless, even in the US where inflationary pressures are most acute, there are still significant deflationary…
In this week’s report, we speculate on the evolution of euro trading in light of the near-term hiccups, but tremendous value that can be unlocked for longer-term investors.
In this week’s report, we speculate on the evolution of euro trading in light of the near-term hiccups, but tremendous value that can be unlocked for longer-term investors.
Revised Q4 productivity and unit labor cost estimates from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics add to the string of data released over the past month suggesting that the Fed’s task of reining in inflationary pressures is not over yet. Nonfarm productivity…
Since the S&P 500 slid into bear market territory in June 2022, clients have frequently asked when the right time is to increase equity allocations again. A widely followed measure of investor sentiment suggests it is too early to do so. The difference…
BCA Research’s US Political Strategy service expects US fixed asset investments to pick up in the coming years. The industrial sector has floated in the doldrums after trading in a range for close to ten years following the global financial crisis. Since…
Rather than teetering into recession, global growth has firmed since the start of the year. While we still expect inflation to decline, the risk that central banks will need to lift rates more than discounted has increased. Long-term focused investors should start raising cash allocations by trimming their equity holdings.
The February US ISM Manufacturing report was boring at the headline level, but with more interesting developments on future US growth and inflation embedded within the index – news that triggered a meaningful jump in US bond yields. The overall ISM index…
The Federal Reserve will update its economic and interest rate projections when it meets later this month. While this will provide markets with greater clarity about the future path for the fed funds rate, there will still be a lot of uncertainty about how…