Life in the Slow Lane: Ambiguity Abounds
This screener report builds on the US Equity Strategy and Equity Analyzer collaboration published on 23 February 2026, where we introduced our latest framework for assessing the US business cycle. Here, we apply the framework to our screener to identify how bottom-up equity positioning should adapt as the cycle evolves.
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BCA's Equity Trading Strategy Service (ETS) combines our top down-approach with a 26 factor proprietary model to deliver a unique solution for understanding, analysing and extracting alpha from global equity markets.
ETS builds on BCA's global macroeconomic thematic research, adding sector and quantitative analytics to deliver a consistent framework that connects the dots from analysis to actionable investment conclusions. Through our proprietary model, we rank and score individual equities to support a broad set of investment strategies and apply macro and sector views to single-name investments.
LINK MACRO TO MICRO
Working from the macroeconomic views of other publications, drill down to specific stock recommendations.
GENERATE IDEAS
Use interactive screening tools to narrow down the universe and identify potential winners, with our proprietary model and a wealth of fundamental data.
VALIDATE IDEAS
Construct watch lists to replicate a portfolio, proposed strategy or stocks of interest, which can be monitored and analysed.
COMPARE ASSETS
Choose a number of stocks to directly compare individual factors.
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Thematic Research: In-depth analysis of how equities can be used to execute thematic and style-based investment strategies. Each report will provide detailed analysis for an investment case, sub-sector views, and fundamental research to present actionable ETF investment and asset allocation recommendations.
Market Updates: A review of BCA's proprietary ETF Model, changes within the market and updates on BCA sub-sector views and recommendations. The report will also provide an update on BCA's ETF Investment Portfolios.
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Analyst Call: A regular call with the lead Analyst to help integrate our research into a client's investment focus and strategy.
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