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The October ISM Manufacturing missed expectations, decreasing to 46.5 from 47.2 in September. The Prices Paid component jumped, rising to 54.8 from 48.3 the month prior. New Orders showed a small upside surprise at 47.1, up 1 point on the month, pushing the…
パウエルはソフトランディングを実現できるか？いくつかの兆候はその可能性を示している。当社は、当社のネガティブな見方がなぜ誤っていたのかを検証し、不況を回避させた4つの成長エンジンを分析する。これらの力のうち半分は依然として持続しているが、残り半分は勢いを失っている。これで景気が持ちこたえる可能性はあるものの、我々は防御的なポジショニングを維持する。エクイティは非常に穏やかな結果を織り込んでいる。一方、トランプ勝利を見越した金利上昇は景気をソフトランディングの道筋から逸らしている。トランプが当選した場合に利回りがさらに上振れする可能性に備え、デュレーションをニュートラルに引き下げることでヘッジする。
The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, core PCE, met expectations of a reacceleration to 0.3% month-on-month, and reached 2.7% year-over-year. The rest of the Personal Income and Outlays report showed solid consumption growth, although supported by a…
Speculators have supported copper prices as demand growth slowed below the pace of supply growth. Our Commodity and Energy Strategy colleagues believe this does not bode well for the metal. The copper market faces a situation where demand growth will be…
Silver has shone this year, especially after it breached a multi-decade downward slopping trendline. Silver is a precious metal, but its heavy usage in industrial processes makes us wonder whether it is sending a bullish message on the global economy,…
Advanced Q3 GDP for the US met expectations, showing 2.8% quarterly annualized growth and a small deceleration from 3.0% in Q2. Importantly, growth remains above trend. The report was strong across the board except for housing. It also highlights that US…
As US consumers remain one of the few engines of global growth, our US Investment Strategy colleagues took a deep dive on consumer trends, augmented with comments from US banks’ earnings calls. Middle-aged consumers have fallen behind the young and old.…
We update our 12-month return projections for different US fixed income sectors in soft-landing and recession scenarios.