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Global Weekly Commentary: Fed catches up with restart reality
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The Fed surprised markets by embracing higher inflation and heralding a lift-off from zero rates in 2023, rather than 2024.
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Global Weekly Commentary: What lies beyond the restart?
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BlackRock’s senior executives and portfolio managers gathered virtually at our midyear outlook forum at a critical juncture in markets – with a pro-risk consensus over the tactical horizon.
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Global Weekly Commentary: ECB - keeping up the pace
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We expect the ECB to maintain its current pace of asset purchases even as the economic restart gains traction.
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Tech stocks’ short-term struggles may lead to long-term buying opportunities
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Technology stocks have been under pressure this year — thus far, the tech sector has been the second-worst-performing sector in the S&P 500 Index in 2021.1 However, while I don’t expect tech stocks to lead the market in performance very soon, I think there are some compelling reasons for investors with a long time horizon to treat any significant tech sell-offs as buying opportunities.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Gauging geopolitical risks
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The market focus is on the restart and inflation - and less on geopolitical risks – yet it’s worth watching specific risks as flareups could catch investors off guard.
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Weekly Market Compass: Four truths about inflation and the Fed
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Last week, investors shuddered as data showed a big rise in prices in the US and a greater-than-expected rise in prices in the eurozone. Stocks sold off, US Treasury yields climbed higher, and market pundits obsessed over inflation. I feel it’s important at this juncture to remind investors of a few truths surrounding inflation and the Federal Reserve.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Don’t be surprised by surprising data
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We see the recent inflation spike as temporary due to unique restart forces, but see inflation on the rise in the medium term. Both views keep us pro-risk.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Mind the (rate expectation) gap
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Markets are pricing in a liftoff from near-zero policy rates as early as next year, even though the Fed through its new framework has committed to stay behind the curve on inflation.