Falling global growth and risk-appetite are boosting the price of our bond holdings and driving down interest rates further on safety-seeking capital flows. At this late point in hyper-extended credit and market cycles, more rate cuts and quantitative easing are likely to boost bonds further, but not avoid an overdue bear market in stocks. Sri-Kumar explains in this clip.
Komal Sri-Kumar, president and founder of Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, predicts the Federal Reserve will cut rates three times in response to the stock market sell-off.
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A six to nine month bear market is average when valuations start from historically average levels. Today, starting from the highest valuations in history, significantly beyond the average cycle top, an ‘average’ bear market in duration and depth (-25%) would be an unusually mild outcome.
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