Market Update by Liontrust – Q4 2020
Fourth quarter of 2020 review of the High Yield Market & the Liontrust High Yield Bond Fund & outlook for the High Yield Market as we move into the new year.
Fourth quarter of 2020 review of the High Yield Market & the Liontrust High Yield Bond Fund & outlook for the High Yield Market as we move into the new year.
The Democrats’ newly gained majority in U.S. Congress paves the way for greater public spending but the narrow margin limits the scope for higher taxes, in their view. BlackRock expect this outcome to speed up “the new nominal”, or their expectations for stronger growth coupled with stable nominal yields, even as a more infectious virus strain threatens to make the path to a full activity restart more bumpy.
Events in the United States have dominated the headlines, with the ‘blue wave’ Democratic Party Senate win putting a focus on a further fiscal COVID-19 relief.
2020 was an extraordinary year for financial markets. The initial Covid shock triggered a massive selloff, followed by a risk rally that extended to the year end. BlackRock drew three key lessons from navigating markets.
The United Kingdom and European Union finally put Brexit to bed, striking a deal in the final days of 2020. While the deal may not be perfect for either side, David Zahn, Franklin Templeton’s Head of European Fixed Income, says the markets welcomed the removal of uncertainty.
‘As we flip the calendar to 2021, we are getting closer to a point at which the economic shocks of the year become prologue for the economic stories ahead.’ – Michael Hasenstab, Executive Vice President, Templeton Global Macro.
Most companies that went public this year faced tremendous uncertainty. But those that braved the tumultuous conditions were rewarded with a perfect storm of demand.
There are risks and dangers that lurk around a surging market rally. Stephen Yiu writes on how to deliver consistent significant outperformance successfully with hard work and discipline.
Annual reviews are always challenging to write – John Husselbee has borrowed the approach of Oxford Languages, who have faced their own struggles when trying to review 2020 and come up with a word of the year.
After grappling with the impacts of a global pandemic and the continued Brexit overhang in 2020, the Franklin UK Equity Team outlines how the removal of these uncertainties in the United Kingdom could bring brighter investment prospects in the year ahead.
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