Andrew Sheets: Why Rates Will Rise Next Year, and Why the Fed Will Let Them

After almost a year of extraordinary outperformance, could small caps could see more difficulties ahead as re-opening dynamics up the risk of cost pressures?

15 Mar 20213min

With global growth set to exceed expectations in 2021, emerging markets assets would appear set for outperformance. But this year, three factors cloud that narrative.

12 Mar 20212min

Conversations around the “Build Back Better” U.S. infrastructure plan are ramping up. What do investors need to know about its potential impact on markets?

11 Mar 20218min

Why the ongoing dynamics of trade, fiscal policy, taxation and geopolitical tensions mean investors need to focus on more than just the Fed and the business cycle.

10 Mar 20212min

Ahead of a possible re-opening, which companies might retain gains seen in the pandemic, which will revert to pre-COVID norms and which are mispriced?

9 Mar 202110min

The current correction may be driven in part by the rise in U.S. Treasuries yields, but Chief Investment Officer Mike Wilson still sees a bull market in the value and more cyclically exposed equity categories.

8 Mar 20214min

Do higher interest rates invariably lead to weaker equities and credit markets? The answer is a bit more complicated after factoring in economic optimism.

5 Mar 20212min

Home prices have been steadily climbing all across the U.S. How should Americans think about home prices, rising interest rates and affordability?

4 Mar 20219min