Recent Market Commentary
In this weekend's video, Fed Rate Cuts – Good or Bad for the Markets?, 3EDGE Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO/CIO Steve Cucchiaro discuss the following:
The dramatic change of consensus on Wall Street - away from interest rates staying higher for longer and towards a new narrative of no more rate increases with potential cuts coming early next year.
If the Fed does begin to cut rates in the first half of 2024, will it matter why they are cutting rates?
What has occurred throughout market history following the Fed's first rate cut after a period of monetary tightening?
Chinese equity markets have been depressed for some time, so we look to the east for this weekend's video: Emerging Market Equities – Poised for a Rebound? Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO/CIO Steve Cucchiaro discuss:
Why our global capital markets model considers Chinese and Emerging Market (EM) equities to be undervalued;
The factors that make Chinese and EM equities attractive;
Why these equity markets could be poised for a rebound.
The title of this month’s View from the EDGE® newsletter is: Investing in a Time of Radical Uncertainty, which we feel aptly describes how it feels particularly difficult for today's investors to anticipate the future of the economy and the markets. Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and Deputy CIO Eric Biegeleisen will review our outlook for the global capital markets across the asset classes we model and discuss the unusually wide gap between the potential optimistic and pessimistic scenarios that could play out in the months ahead.