Q4 and 2024 outlook: November Webinar recap

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The second half of 2023 has proven more volatile than the first, with equity markets selling off following a record start to the year. With continued fed tightening and a potential recession still looming, investors are wondering where the market will go from here. Stratos Private Wealth President Jeff Brown discusses that and more in our latest webinar. Here are the key takeaways:

• Fed interest rate hikes may be coming to an end but no rate cuts on the horizon
• Despite the fastest interest rate hike campaign in history, the economy continues to outperform expectations along with equity earnings (1)
• Entering one of the best seasons historically for equity returns (2)
• Recent correction caused material breakdown in momentum indicators 
• Recession 2024 is still on the table as is a soft landing
• Recession in late 2023/early 2024 is still on the table, as it a soft landing
• In our tactical models, SPW reduced overweight on equities, increased cash equivalents and increased duration in bonds

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(1) Data sourced from Ned Davis Research ((NDR))  (2) Data sourced from Ned Davis Research ((NDR)) @copyright Ned Davis Research , Inc. 

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