Economic indicators still suggest a soft landing, but a slowing risk appetite points to downside risks to growth. We continue to favor bonds and US stocks. Optimize your portfolios with our outlook and allocation guidance.
We remain in the contraction regime, with our macro framework pointing to further deceleration in economic activity and market expectations of future growth. Our global leading economic indicators continue to decelerate and move further below their long-term trends. The markets’ attention has shifted to growth and employment, following two years where inflation and artificial intelligence took center stage as primary performance drivers.
The outlook has shifted from upside risks to inflation to downside risks to growth. It’s broadly consistent with the output of our macro indicators. Global leading economic indicators are still suggesting a soft landing, with growth below trend but stable, inflationary pressures falling, and global risk appetite decelerating for the past couple of months. This all points to downside risks to growth for the remainder of the year. We expect the lagged effects of monetary policy to be a drag in our leading economic indicators for a few quarters. Since early July, our active asset allocation positions are tilted to reflect these downside risks to growth, as our macro indicators flagged weakening market sentiment and declining growth expectations.
A challenge for tactical investors is preparing for the expected and anticipating the unexpected. The tactical asset allocation (TAA) framework from the Invesco Solutions team is designed to enhance a long-term strategic asset allocation (SAA) by making portfolio tilts based on near-term market views.
In September, we continue to favor long-duration bonds and high-quality US stocks. The tactical, dynamic factor rotation shown below is also utilized in the Invesco Russell 1000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF (OMFL).
The Invesco Solutions team develops portfolios for client-oriented outcomes over multiple time horizons. Our tactical asset allocation (TAA), regime-based framework dynamically adjusts exposures to asset classes, regions, sectors, and factors, to create multi-asset portfolios designed for the prevailing macroeconomic environment. Strategic asset allocation (SAA) positioning is derived from our rigorous investment process, which consists of long-term capital market assumptions (CMAs), portfolio optimization, and risk management.
The Invesco Solutions team develops portfolios for client-oriented outcomes over multiple time horizons. Our tactical asset allocation (TAA), regime-based framework dynamically adjusts exposures to asset classes, regions, sectors, and factors, to create multi-asset portfolios designed for the prevailing macroeconomic environment. Strategic asset allocation (SAA) positioning is derived from our rigorous investment process, which consists of long-term capital market assumptions (CMAs), portfolio optimization, and risk management.
The Invesco Solutions team develops portfolios for client-oriented outcomes over multiple time horizons. Our tactical asset allocation (TAA), regime-based framework dynamically adjusts exposures to asset classes, regions, sectors, and factors, to create multi-asset portfolios designed for the prevailing macroeconomic environment. Strategic asset allocation (SAA) positioning is derived from our rigorous investment process, which consists of long-term capital market assumptions (CMAs), portfolio optimization, and risk management.
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Tightening is a monetary policy used by central banks to normalize balance sheets.
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