BlackRock Investment Institute

The analysts at BII stay risk-on in US equities, supported by solid growth and earnings, but say sticky inflation and higher-for-longer interest rates could challenge risk sentiment.

“Market rate cut expectations will ultimately be disappointed and the positive news will instead come from resilient growth.”

BlackRock's new playbook involves frequent changes, balancing views on risk, with estimates of how markets are pricing in damage.

SINGAPORE (Dec 14): BlackRock Investment Institute forecasts a synchronised global expansion with room to run in 2018 and beyond, albeit with less room for upside surprises to lift markets.

SINGAPORE (July 26): The global economy is now settling into a cycle of synchronised and sustained economic expansion with an improved Eurozone outlook, ebbing deflation fears, and subdued financial market volatility.