The Fed has said it’s going to raise interest rates. But when? Russ Koesterich of BlackRock discusses the market dynamics that are keeping rates down. The latest Leading Economic Index numbers are out, providing insight into the risk of recession. The world’s largest asset manager BlackRock has just published its five year forecast for returns. Those holding onto a lot of safe-haven assets will be especially interested in their market risk assessments.
Why Rates Are Not Moving– Whatever happened to the increase in interest rates that was supposed to occur? Russ Koesterich of BlackRock explains. Read more…
Conference Board Leading Economic Index: Continued Increases In July, Another All-Time High– “The U.S. LEI improved in July, suggesting the U.S. economy may experience further improvements in economic activity in the second half of the year,” said Ataman Ozyildirim, Director of Business Cycles and Growth Research at The Conference Board. This is good news because every recession in the last 60 years has been preceded by a down turn in the index. Read more…
BlackRock Updates Its 5 Year Expected Returns– Most large money managers project expected returns for the future. Projections are showing mid single digit returns for equities and low single digit returns for bonds. Here is BlackRock’s recent update. Read more…
John R. Day, Bill Ennis, Stephanie Davidson and Matt Heller
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