Conflicting Signals in an Unpredictable Environment | May 2022 Webinar Recap

Time to Read: 3 Minutes

With risk assets well off their highs and a great deal of uncertainty looking forward, Stratos Private Wealth Financial continues to rely on a weight of the evidence approach when making investment decisions. In our latest market update webinar, Stratos Private Wealth President Jeff Brown reviews the indicators we’re focused on and how Stratos Private Wealth is interpreting their conflicting signals. Here are the key takeaways:

• There are times when investing calls for making bold predictions about the future. But degree of uncertainty that markets (and indeed the world) face today means this is not one of those times.
• Many indicators are conflicting, but most support a neutral allocation to equities.
• Fixed income has been hit hard, the key to the outlook will be around inflation expectations.
• We believe the key to near term returns lies with the Fed and the War.
• Stratos Private Wealth is neutral in allocations, awaiting the weight of the evidence to dictate the next allocation shift.

As always, the Stratos Private Wealth team is available to support you during this period of market volatility. Please reach out to us if you would like to review your plan or discuss your specific situation.

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