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On Value And Timing

Our Portfolio Allocation Summary for January 2025. 

US Bond Strategy by Ryan Swift
Euro Breaks Long-Held Support Level
The euro broke the support level of its 2-year trading range against the USD, extending the strong dollar trend witnessed since September of last year. This trend will continue in Q1 2025. Despite global yields rallying in late 2024, the Bund-Treasury…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
The Fed In 2025
Our US Bond Strategy team published their outlook for the Fed in 2025. They expect more cuts than the 50 bps signaled by the Fed at its December meeting. Core PCE inflation is tracking well below the Fed’s 2.5% forecast, while unemployment could exceed…
Daily Insights by Felix-Antoine Vezina-Poirier
Monthly TAA Report: WARNING. Animal Spirits On Premises. Enter At Own Risk

Paradoxically, raging optimism on the US economy is making a reacceleration in growth less likely in 2025. The reaction of the bond market has made the Fed rethink its cutting campaign. Markets are also constraining Trump’s agenda. US manufacturing will not recover with a surging dollar. Fears of inflation and debt sustainability have made moderate House Republicans push back against the President Elect’s wishes. Given the sky-high optimism embedded in asset prices, we believe a defensive portfolio stance is warranted on a 12-month horizon. Overweight gold to hedge the risk of a fiscal crisis.

Global Asset Allocation by Juan Manuel Correa
The Fed In 2025
Special Report

Our outlook for Fed policy in 2025 discusses our expectations for interest rates, the Fed’s balance sheet and the 2025 strategic review. 

US Bond Strategy by Ryan Swift
2025 Key Views: Five Calls On Global Fixed Income And FX
Our Global Fixed Income and FX strategists published their 2025 outlook, and provide five key views for the year ahead.  Duration revival: After three years of underperformance versus cash, government bonds will outperform in either a soft-landing…
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UK: Fade Hot CPI
The November UK CPI, in line with estimates, hit an eight-month high, accelerating from 2.3% y/y to 2.6%. Core and services inflation were also strong at 3.5% (vs. 3.3% in October) and 5.0% (flat from October), respectively.  Services inflation…
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A Very Hawkish Cut

Our thoughts on this afternoon’s Fed decision and the bond market reaction. 

US Bond Strategy by Ryan Swift
European Sentiment Data Confirms December Softening
European sentiment data was mixed. The December Ifo Business Climate index for Germany missed estimates and was down 1 point to 84.7 from November. The decrease came from its expectations component, which fell to 84.4 from 87.2. Meanwhile, the December ZEW…
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Key Views 2025: The Year Of Change For Europe
Our European Investment Strategy team published their annual outlook, outlining five key themes that will shape Europe’s economy and markets in 2025.  Europe will enter a mild recession in H1 2025, but growth is expected to rebound quickly in the…
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