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The US JOLTS Report revealed that the number of job openings decreased to 10.1 million in August from 11.2 million in July, largely below expectations of a milder decline. This 10% month-on-month decrease is the largest since the beginning of the pandemic in…
On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia delivered a dovish surprise to market participants. The central bank slowed the pace of rate hikes by raising the cash rate by only 25 basis points to 2.6% – below the 50bp hike anticipated. Tuesday’s decision follows…
Following a 27% decline from mid-June to mid-September, US gasoline prices have been steadily rising for the past two weeks. Initially, the increase occurred despite falling oil prices. However, oil has also been rallying over the past few days amid…
According to BCA Research’s US Investment Strategy service, a cooling housing market does not represent a material economic threat. The speed and magnitude of the backup in mortgage rates has upended the housing market. However, sellers are likely to…

This week, we present our quarterly review of the BCA Research Global Fixed Income Strategy (GFIS) model bond portfolio for Q3/2022. We also discuss the model portfolio’s expected performance over next 3-6 months after our recent moves to reduce overall duration exposure and increase the underweight to US Treasuries.

This week we present our Portfolio Allocation Summary for October 2022.

The US ISM Manufacturing PMI sent a pessimistic signal about the US economy. The headline index lost 1.9 points in September and fell to 50.9 – disappointing market expectations of 52. This marks the lowest print since May 2020 and brings the indicator close…
BCA Research’s Global Asset Allocation service continues to recommend a highly defensive stance, with an underweight on equities, and as high a cash holding as your mandate permits. This has been an extraordinary year so far: US equities are down by 24%…

We remain bearish on equities. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon that is embedded and perpetuated by a wage-price spiral. The Fed will “keep at it until the job is done.” Economic growth is slowing, and an earnings recession as soon as the end of this year is highly likely. US equities are not cheap and rising rates and slowing earnings growth will take their toll on performance. Don’t fight the Fed!

Special Report

The BoE is the key to arrest the meltdown in UK assets, but will the malaise engulfing London only end up traveling to Rome?