Weekend Reading – A Justifiable Rally

It’s surely a coincidence that the recent market rally occurred during the partial shutdown of the U.S. government

 

More conventional rally catalysts were the over-sold conditions created by excessive pessimism about growth and a dovish shift from the Federal Reserve. Equity valuations had fallen below long-term averages across most markets, and the increase in credit spreads was leading some forecasters to meaningfully raise their expectations of a recession by 2020. The ensuing rally in risk assets has been corroborated by the meaningful narrowing of credit spreads.

 

Is the bounce back for real?

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