FNArena’s Weekly Insights – May 30 2022
In this week’s Weekly Insights:
-Quo Vadis, Corporate Profits?
-Conviction Calls
-FNArena Talks
By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena
Quo Vadis, Corporate Profits?
Bad things tend to happen when global economic growth dips below 3%. In recent days I have been alerted to this historical observation by multiple economists and market analysts, so I thought it is worthwhile highlighting this point.
GDP forecasts around the globe are in decline, with many a forecast now sitting marginally above 3% for the global economy this year and next. This makes that historical observation potentially even more important.
One key ingredient to those forecasts is, of course, how much central bank tightening needs to occur to bring consumer price inflation back under control.
Truth is, we don’t know. Which is why traders, investors and central bankers are all watching the data very closely.
Markets Oversold In May
Global equities had looked technically oversold for a number of weeks, but that interview by Fed Chair Jerome Powell to the Wall Street Journal mid-month had kept a firm lid on overall enthusiasm to start piling back in…..
