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Global Weekly Commentary: Upgrading our broad U.S. stocks view
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Excitement over artificial intelligence (AI) spurred a rally in U.S. tech stocks that buoyed the market in 2023. We’ve said the rally can run for now – and broaden out.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Geopolitical fragmentation plays out
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Geopolitical fragmentation, one of five mega forces or structural shifts we track, is playing out in recent events in Asia and the Middle East. Yemen’s Houthi militants attacking Red Sea shipping highlights how hot spots can hit supply chains and up production costs.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Why stocks can stay upbeat, for now
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Equity markets – and even the Federal Reserve – have largely embraced the soft landing narrative that inflation will fall to the Fed’s 2% target without a recession.
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Jackson®: Power Planning: The Multi-Generational Benefits of Trust-Owned Annuities
Today’s global economy and volatile markets create challenges for trustees who are tasked with driving growth, preserving capital, and managing the everpresent sting of taxes and expenses in trust–owned portfolios. Did you know that trusts can benefit from the same features that individuals find in annuities? Namely, tax deferral,* income control, and diversified investment options. On the next few pages, we’re going to walk through three phases of trust planning (accumulation, distribution, and post-death planning) and show the many ways that a trust-owned annuity can be a powerful planning tool.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Navigating macro currents in 2024
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Risk assets ended 2023 on an upbeat note as the Fed appeared to make a big bet on inflation coming down and growth only gradually slowing. Markets interpreted the Fed's messaging as a green light for aggressive policy easing.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Three 2023 lessons we carry into 2024
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We take three lessons from 2023 to shape our investment approach in the new year. First, markets flipflopping between macro narratives does not reveal new information about where we will end up.
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Innovation and consolidation
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Franklin Equity Group believes the road ahead for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals may be different from that of prior years, but as we move into the post-pandemic era, the industry is not lacking innovation prospects.
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Flexibility, resilience and opportunity
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Our investment teams share where they see investment opportunities across asset classes in our latest Global Investment Outlook. Is an economic slowdown expected in 2024? Diverse views are presented on interest rates and inflation, investment opportunities, risks, and potential surprises.
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Stabilization might be enough
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In this Allocation Views, our Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team see recession risks moderating in some developed economies, led by the United States, but still anticipate a period of below-trend growth to continue into 2024.
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2024 Outlook: Opportunities in technology
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The information technology sector had an eventful 2023. Franklin Equity Group believes 2024 may be another year of strong performance.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Putting money to work in 2024
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We think the new regime of greater macro and market volatility makes this the time to grab the wheel and take an active portfolio approach. Our 2024 Global Outlook outlines how we do that.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Three investment themes at COP28
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The low-carbon transition is one of five mega forces, or structural shifts, we track for investment risks and opportunities.