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Taking an Economic Pulse
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Every decade brings a different economic environment. What’s set to impact the 2020s? In this episode of The Active Share, join Hugo with guest Olga Bitel, partner and global strategist for William Blair Investment Management, for a wide-ranging discussion of what’s driving the U.S. and global economies, including inflation, recession risk, productivity, geopolitics, and interest rates.
Macroeconomic & Geopolitical
3 Points About China
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Clamping down on China has become a bipartisan effort in the United States, but I believe an outright conflict between China and Taiwan is a low-probability (albeit high-impact) event—and I remain constructive on the bottom-up, long-term investment opportunities in China, including the transition to a domestic-consumption-driven and lower-carbon economy.
Investing Ideas
AB Disruptor Series - Q1: Inflation
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We tackle inflation in the first of the Disruptor Series by AllianceBernstein.
Market Outlooks
2Q22 Capital Markets Outlook - Finding Sea Legs in a Storm
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Entering the year, the market was near record highs, only to be weighed down by fears of increased inflation, higher interest rates and the prospect of accelerated Fed tightening. Watch as AB's Walt Czaicki recap this quarter's outlook for the global capital markets.
Retirement
Lump Sum Payouts from Pension Plans
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The IRS recently announced that it will allow plan sponsors to pay out pensions as a lump sum to plan participants. In this video BMO Global Asset Management discusses what considerations should be made by plan sponsors and plan participants before choosing lump sum as an option.
Market Outlooks
Replay Market Monitor – Evaluating Opportunities and Risks
Today’s market has eclipsed both the Global Financial Crisis and Tech Bubble in terms of the underperformance of value investing - this call is an opportunity to hear directly from the investment team how BMO interprets these events and reacts to them via proprietary tools and processes.