Seeking Direction
By YPO Strategic Alliances, YPO
Year to date, global equities have finished 17 trading days with a move of greater than 1 percent up or down, compared with just three in all of 2017. Yet, having traded within a 10 percent range, they are roughly flat on the year at the time of writing. Behind this volatile and directionless trading pattern are at least three areas of heightened uncertainty: geopolitics, trade, and interest rates. At question is the direction markets take from here.
Get more analysis from Mark Haefele, UBS Chief Investment Officer, Global Wealth Management, in UBS House View.