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REITs see best start versus equities in a decade: Principal AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... a headwind for real estate unless the Federal Reserve cuts rates to support employment. However, even if a moderate recession occurs, or if the US manages to avoid one, REITs are likely to outperform equities. This outlook, she said, is underpinned by ...

Short-term noise reinforces long-term investment thinking: ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... (ART) says it will not be derailed by the short-term noise coming from global trade tensions and heightened risks of a recession but remain steadfast in how it will position members' savings for the long term. Speaking at a financial adviser roadshow ...

US pension funds haemorrhage US$249bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... uncertainty, prices increases, tightening liquidity, or a combination of all three. Equable said if the US economy goes into a recession later in 2025, and if that leads to a decline in state and local government revenues, this will likely reduce the ...

Trump backflips on tariffs but risks remain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... 30%. "That still represents a significant hit to US inflation and economic activity sufficient to likely cause a US recession in their own right - unless Trump quickly backs down further," he said. "What's more, even the pause in tariffs leaves the ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... it started in a fairly rocky manner, and we're trying to look through that noise. We still don't think that a US recession is probable. It's certainly possible, but not probable. That's why we're neutral equities at the moment." He adds that while ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... said. "Why is this translating into a market meltdown? It's because we've all upgraded our probability of not just a US recession, but maybe even a global recession. After all, tariffs are bad for global trade, definitely bad for the US consumer. This ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... the hit to global growth. "All up, [the] announcement is close to a worst-case scenario and the odds of a US/global recession have clearly increased. Much will turn on whether [the] announcements represent the end of global trade uncertainty, or just ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... cent tariff, on top of the existing tariff. As a result, Zenith Investment Partners has upped its probability of a US recession. "Our own estimated probability of US recession has risen from 20% to an upwardly revised 35%, a level that cannot be ignored," ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... given a "relatively weaker domestic earnings outlook and stretched valuations." Underpinning this are concerns of a US recession set in motion by President Donald Trump's aggressive trade tactics that soured the bullish sentiments immediately triggered ...

US equities face volatility as growth risks mount: Morgan Stanley

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... said. In its bear-case scenario, Morgan Stanley said that if economic growth weakens significantly and the likelihood of recession increases, the S&P 500 could fall to around 4600. Although such an outcome isn't the firm's base case, Morgan Stanley ...
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