How should investors navigate the collapse in energy prices, potential US rate rises and Europe's debt crisis?

The global economic recovery continues to be uneven in nature, with a clear divergence in monetary policy beginning to emerge. On one side stand the US and UK, both inching towards tightening as employment data, industrial output, and consumer spending all show improvement. Bond markets remain well...

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Published inInvestment Week p. 22
Main Authors Vaillancourt, Jason, Schoen, Robert
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Incisive Media Limited 13.04.2015
Subjects
Bond markets
Central banks
Consumers
Economic recovery
Emerging markets
Energy prices
Equity
Geopolitics
Inflation
Interest rates
International
Investor behavior
Monetary policy
Volatility
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Summary:The global economic recovery continues to be uneven in nature, with a clear divergence in monetary policy beginning to emerge. On one side stand the US and UK, both inching towards tightening as employment data, industrial output, and consumer spending all show improvement. Bond markets remain well supported as a result, while equity markets -- despite a pick-up in volatility in recent months -- continue to advance. Navigating around a potential hike in short-term interest rates by the US Fed and the Bank of England continues to be a worry for investors too. Europe has continued to struggle with its debt crisis. Deleveraging in both public and private sectors has resulted in increased reliance on central bank stimulus as the solution to the region's financial troubles.