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Equity Market Commentary - September 2019
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Market Outlook
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septembre 25, 2019
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Equity Market Commentary - September 2019 |
In this slow-grinding economic cycle, markets have experienced a series of “recession scares.” Yet the Applied Equity Advisor team is not in the recession camp. Andrew Slimmon maintains that the U.S. stock market will break out during the fourth quarter of 2019, with the S&P 500 ending the year well north of 3,000. This is despite the fact that the current market is range-bound and a level of fear is palpable. As was the case in Q1 2009, fund flows are currently negative, sentiment figures are dour, and the valuation spread between the perceived “safe” and cyclical stocks is hugely distorted. Sentiment is consistent with a bear market low, not a bull market peak. But in 2009, the market exhibited a significant recovery despite the negativity, and Slimmon expects similarly at the end of 2019. However, the inverted yield curve should not be ignored, an indication of potential problems for the economy in 2021.
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