Are we coming to the end of the current cycle? Not yet, according to Chief Investment Officer Krishna Memani. While the current backdrop isn’t as positive as it was in 2017, there is enough momentum to carry the global economy into the second half of the year.
For income-seeking investors, this backdrop increases the attractiveness of higher yields on the short end of the curve, floating-rate securities, and foreign non-dollar denominated bonds—particularly in emerging markets. As inflation has declined in most of the emerging world, the average real yield on sovereign local emerging market bonds is now over 3%.
On the equity side, we continue to favor non-US and emerging market stocks, as well as cyclical growth companies in the United States. European equities are trading as cheaply to US equities as they have in 15 years. Valuations alone tell investors little, but there is enough economic momentum in Europe and among its trading partners to unlock some of that value.
For OppenheimerFunds’ complete views on the global economy, read the 2018 Midyear Outlook.
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