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By: Andrew Perrins, Chief Executive |
25 Oct 2020
Updated 28 Oct 2020

What Odds a Clean Sweep for the Democrats?

This latest selection of Outlook papers sees a number of commentators turning more positive longer term, as hopes of a deployment of a vaccine in H1 2021 appear to have risen. Additionally, the spreading ‘second wave’ of viral outbreaks may pressurize governments and central banks into further stimulatory policy measures to counter the negative economic effects of further lockdown measures.

Long lines were seen again this weekend as individual states expanded in-person voting, and the US Election Project suggests that over 60 million have already cast either in-person or mail-in ballots. Forecasters are suggesting that this election may have the highest voter turnout in over a century, with around two-thirds of eligible voters taking part.

See if the Democratic 'Blue Wave/Clean Sweep' momentum continues, with the latest news from the few remaining days left in the election campaign, brought to you via Savvy Investor’s curated selection of leading news and election poll hub sites.

INVESTMENT OUTLOOK PAPERS

The Biology of Economic Policy (Invesco, Sep 2020)

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Invesco's paper suggests that the COVID pandemic may have been the 'wake-up call' that global economic policymakers may have needed to act in a coordinated and timely fashion with large scale fiscal stimulus packages. What those effects might lead to can, however, only be figured out over a longer timescale.

Gold Outlook to Q3 2021 (WisdomTree Investments, 2020)

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This paper from WisdomTree argues that recent declines in the price of gold offers investors a potentially attractive entry point, given the amount of economic uncertainty that persists.

Macro Quarterly: Q4 2020 (UBS AM)

In this latest Macroeconomic piece from UBS AM, they suggest that vaccine development and the ongoing fiscal response are the two critical issues which will likely determine both the timing and the shape of the process towards economic normalisation.

Equity Market Stress Monitor: 4Q 2020 (Intech)

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Intech's latest Equity Market Stress Monitor Report highlights that despite a substantial recovery in equity markets, a number of metrics remain at elevated levels, with some even higher than they were earlier in the year. This report highlights those areas of concern.

Q4 Outlook: Reasons to believe (LGIM, Oct 2020)

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LGIM have adopted a more positive bias towards equities based on a number of structural factors which offer support to risk assets.

House View, Q4 2020: A recovery like no other (Aviva Investors, 2020)

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Aviva Investors’ Outlook piece notes the recovery in certain sectors, confirmed by some improvement in economic activity. They suggest that the availability of an effective vaccine in early 2021 is likely to accelerate a recovery, but risks remain if fiscal support is withdrawn too quickly.

Fund Flows as Currency Indicator (Informa, 2020)

Informa’s interesting piece investigates whether equity fund flows might be a useful short-term predictor of currency movements.

Guide to the 2020 US Presidential Elections (BNP Paribas AM, Oct 2020)

Daniel Morris, chief market strategist, and Mark Allan, US economist at BNP Paribas AM, offer their views on the potential economic policy implications resulting from the U.S. Presidential election.

Emerging Markets — Dislocation creating opportunities (Amundi, Oct 2020)

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Amundi notes an improvement in the virus cycle in a number of EM countries, and concurrently, in the pick-up in economic numbers in places like China and other Asian economies which have weathered the pandemic rather more successfully than many Developed World economies.

Investment Outlook: Uneven climb through recovery (Franklin Templeton, Oct 2020)

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Franklin Templeton suggests that a global recovery is underway, but that the upcoming U.S. elections add to market uncertainty. They continue to present two scenarios of the potential track of the recovery, but note that the COVID pandemic has accelerated a number of pre-existing themes and trends.

Monthly Market Monitor (Eaton Vance, Oct 2020)

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The Monthly Market Monitor from Eaton Vance is the reference guide to keep handy. Packed full of charts, asset class data and other insightful information, use this to inform discussions and aid understanding of markets.

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