1st Quarter Update - Economic Outlook 2022

Every year-end since our founding, our team conducts an in-depth analysis of the U.S. economy and financial markets to develop an Annual Economic Outlook. This forecast serves as a blueprint for our investments throughout the year. During this episode, we review our 2022 forecast and discuss important updates as we round out the year.

About The Speakers

Fall Ainina, Ph.D., CFA
Director of Research / Vice President
Investment Committee Member

Neil Craft
Client Relationship Manager

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Investing Based on Party In Office?

Balanced

Typical Allocation Range

Equity: 40% - 70%
Fixed Income: 30% - 60%
Cash: 1% - 15%

Small, mid, and large cap stocks
Benchmark: 25% Russell 1000® Index , 25% Russell 2000® Index and 50% Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index

The Balanced strategy has a target range of 40% - 70% in equities, with a mix of small, mid, and large capitalization stocks. We weight the stock exposure toward the most advantageous market capitalizations based on our research.

Sector analysis in an important part of our portfolio management process. Changes in sector weightings are made based on our analysis.

We believe that having the maximum flexibility to follow our research is the key to adding value to our clients' accounts.