Alfred Lam, CFA, Senior Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer
Marchello Holditch, CFA, CAIA, Vice-President and Portfolio Manager CI GAM | Multi-Asset Management
Our market outlook going into 2021 was for ramped up vaccine deployments, accommodative monetary and fiscal policy, and upbeat corporate earnings to drive equity markets higher. We also projected an increase in interest rates and inflation. So far, these investment themes have been playing out as expected – we have seen strong performance, particularly from cyclical sectors such as energy, financials and industrials, and fixed income sold off sharply as the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield almost doubled from 0.91% to 1.74%.* But what does all of this mean for the economy and markets?
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