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Weekly Investment Commentary: A valuable earnings season kicks off
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Following last quarter’s strong equity market rally, most sectors are now trading at a valuation premium relative to history.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: When market and election cycles meet
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Our concern about potential risks in the year ahead informs our current equity market views: We suggest focusing less on cyclical exposures in favor of more defensive, less economically sensitive areas.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Prepare for a plateau, not a plummet, in rates
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Persistently higher-for-longer rates may tempt some investors to plead, “Stop the ride – I want to get off!” But we see investment opportunities that make staying on board a better choice.
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Innovation and consolidation
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Franklin Equity Group believes the road ahead for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals may be different from that of prior years, but as we move into the post-pandemic era, the industry is not lacking innovation prospects.
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Flexibility, resilience and opportunity
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Our investment teams share where they see investment opportunities across asset classes in our latest Global Investment Outlook. Is an economic slowdown expected in 2024? Diverse views are presented on interest rates and inflation, investment opportunities, risks, and potential surprises.
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Stabilization might be enough
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In this Allocation Views, our Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions team see recession risks moderating in some developed economies, led by the United States, but still anticipate a period of below-trend growth to continue into 2024.
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2024 Outlook: Opportunities in technology
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The information technology sector had an eventful 2023. Franklin Equity Group believes 2024 may be another year of strong performance.
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Powell pivots policy: moving closer to rate cuts
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Tony Rodriguez summarizes the outcome of the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Time for stocking up on defensive positions
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Three kings who traverse afar, three ships that come sailing in and three spirits on a mission to redeem the miserly Scrooge — ’tis the season of threes.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Privately protect against economic erosion
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One investment area to consider is private credit, where deal flow has picked up materially over the last couple of months.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: A bumper crop of portfolio potential
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Over the river and through the woods to consistency we go. Historically an effective hedge against inflation, real assets appear well-suited to the current macro backdrop.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stronger earnings point to emerging opportunities
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The EM landscape isn’t monolithic, but we’re finding opportunities among economies where growth is outperforming expectations, while exercising caution toward those with sluggish macro conditions or thorny idiosyncratic risks.