As Skies Darken, Astute Investors Recognize Need for Caution
The economic weather looks stormy, but is it a squall or a hurricane that America is sailing toward?
The economic weather looks stormy, but is it a squall or a hurricane that America is sailing toward?
Studies indicate that a near-term recession is not the best bet, but neither is it a long shot as the Federal Reserve works to tame inflation.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine threw a monkey-wrench into the economic recoveries in many advanced economies just as their respective output gaps closed.
U.S. economic output hit a pothole, falling an annualized 1.4%, in the first quarter of 2022; fortunately, the wheels were not knocked off the economic machine.
Liquified natural gas from North America might help Europe to unplug itself from Russian power in coming years.
Investors looking for a clear path should be cautious when choosing their next step as inflation, the Ukraine war and lingering pandemic impacts make for unpredictable interest rate hikes.
Ukraine endgame: Russia and China appear to be drifting toward an alliance of autocracies in a bid to keep democracies and free-market capitalism at bay.
Outside of rising gas prices, the economic impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war seems small, but ripples of its splash could touch the world in other ways.
Global markets have taken a hit in 2022, and savvy investors are changing their approaches to emphasize value stocks, high dividends and hedged equity strategies.
AMG releases new three-year economic scenarios that investors should consider before adjusting their portfolio strategies in the wake the Ukrainian conflict.