CITI’s "Investment Clock" Is at 8 O’clock – Here’s What That Means (+6K Views)

The latest research note from CITI’s Richard Schellbach includes the firm’s “Multi-asset Investment Clock” which tells us we are now at 8 o’clock. What does that mean? Take a look.

So says Matthew Boesler (www.businessinsider.com) in edited excerpts from his original post*.

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Boesler goes on to say, in part:

According to Citi, [as the graph below shows] we are in the “sweet spot” for stocks. Schellbach writes, “Our place on the investment clock sits at 8 o’clock given we are now clearly past the period of falling interest rates, yet still not overly mature into the earnings recovery…Even as deep concerns remain over the developed world’s medium term growth outlook, risk assets should outperform.”

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Print this one out and maybe swap it with the clock on your wall if you’re not already on Citi time.

 

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