Franklin Templeton’s Head of Equities Stephen Dover and Western Assets CIO, Ken Leech, believe global stimulus and the longer likely availability of zero or negative interest rates will support the path to growth in 2021.
Issues still remain unresolved between the United Kingdom and the European Union, with continued posturing on both sides. Could we see some disharmony within the United Kingdom—potentially leading to another Scottish referendum?
Markets are increasingly reflecting a unified Democratic government outcome that may lead to a significant fiscal expansion. This electoral outcome would bring forward the market pricing of the higher inflation regime that BlackRock were already reflecting in their strategic asset views.
Brexit negotiations, US politics and the ongoing pandemic will set the backdrops for markets once again. It’s also a huge week for corporate earnings.
Rising urbanisation, in broad terms, has been a demographic talking point for years but data from the United Nations show just how quickly this is actually happening. Today, around half of us (55%) around the world live in cities but by 2050 this proportion is expected to reach as high as 68%.
The coronavirus pandemic has created many challenges for individuals, businesses and governments around the world. In Europe, there’s a new vehicle to help finance the economic recovery there—social bonds.
Many companies may need to turn to private credit to restructure post-Covid. BlackRock see potential for such investments to serve as growth assets and diversifiers when new sources of portfolio resilience are needed.
The main themes of this week are quite familiar – the continuation of Brexit negotiations, the COVID-19 cases and restrictions that should give European markets direction. In addition, third-quarter earnings season heats up. It’s a similar story in the United States, with politics, stimulus and earnings likely to drive markets.
Third quarter of 2020 review of the High Yield Market & the Liontrust High Yield Bond Fund & outlook for the High Yield Market as the year continues.
BlackRock zero in on the UK this week to highlight the three main signposts we use to assess the impact of the coronavirus: the pace of the economic restart, the state of policy support and evidence of permanent economic damage.
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