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Market Views - Economic Outlook 2019

Outlook 2019

Conclusions for 2019
For Business Executives For Investors
Recommendation Plan for volatile input costs
Recommendation Economy should grow but start to cool
Recommendation Recession risk rising
Recommendation Infrastructure spending likely from Washington
Recommendation Energy costs remain in check
Recommendation Tariffs will take a toll on profits
Recommendation Steady consumer spending despite high debt
Recommendation Weakening housing market, associated industries impacted
Stocks
Recommendation Major headwinds lead to higher volatility
Recommendation Shift from growth to value
Recommendation Maintain exposure to large cap stocks
Recommendation Favor more defensive sectors in economic late fall
Recommendation Avoid most expensive and tech mania stocks
Bonds
Recommendation Inflation not a major concern
Recommendation Bonds should recover from a tough 2018
Recommendation Corporate/High Yield bonds historically expensive
Recommendation Longer term high quality bonds offer opportunities when economy slows



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*Quantitative Easing is a course of action undertaken by the Federal Reserve to increase the money supply by flooding financial institutions with capital in an effort to promote increased lending and liquidity. **Yield Curve is a line that plots interest rates, at a set point in time, of bonds having equal credit quality but differing maturity dates. ***Shiller Price/Earnings is a valuation measure applied to the U.S. S&P 500 equity market. *G4 nations comprise of Brazil, Germany, Indian and Japan. ****Quantitative Tightening is a contractionary monetary policy applied by a central bank to decrease amount of liquidity within the economy.

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