Economic Upswing Remains Healthy; Stay Overweight Equities With Cyclical Bent

Here’s What We’re Thinking

September 20, 2017

Global markets continue to benefit from solid fundamentals, bolstering our bullish positioning strategy. The economic expansion is running near highs for this cycle with global GDP running at 3%+ aided by both solid consumer spending and a recovery in business investment outlays. The broadening out of economic momentum from the U.S. to other major economies including Canada, Europe and Asia has improved the resiliency of the global economic expansion, now in its ninth year.

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