We remain positive on European equities against a backdrop of sustained, above -
trend economic expansion and a steady earnings outlook.
We prefer European equities over government bonds and credit amid a sustained, above -
trend economic expansion and a steady earnings outlook.
We remain positive on European equities against a backdrop of sustained, above -
trend economic expansion and a steady earnings outlook.
We see the Fed pushing ahead with a rate rise later in the year given a strong labor market and steady above -
trend economic expansion, reflecting Fed Chair Janet Yellen's comments last week that rate normalization should proceed.
Europe is sustaining above -
trend economic expansion.
Not exact matches
And our BlackRock GPS, which combines traditional
economic indicators with big data signals such as Internet searches, still points to above -
trend growth as the global economy transitions from catchup to steady
expansion.
Now, once again, investors are frantic to keep from missing the
trend of a new
economic expansion, regardless of what price they have to pay.
The favorable market performance associated with many historical
economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable
trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader
trend uniformity.
One of the biggest disappointments of this
economic expansion has been its below -
trend growth rate.
While consumers do not anticipate an
economic downturn anytime soon, the long
expansion has made consumers (and economists) somewhat apprehensive about future
trends.
We believe these markets will require adequate infrastructure to meet population growth, increasing wealth and
economic expansion, as well as to keep pace with urbanization
trends.
Economic expansion in this core was associated with two other dominant
trends: growth in population (the so - called demographic transition, which both facilitated, and was facilitated by, industrialization) and the geographic inclusion of previously isolated, local, and ethnic sectors of the population into the commercial and industrial labor force.
Covering a century of American history, including geographical
expansion,
economic trends, and social values could have proved too plodding for one read; however, Ms. Sandweiss pulls it off seamlessly.
The environmental group says that current
trends relating to birth rates, consumption of fossil fuels and
economic expansion are not sustainable.
Such factors include, but are not limited to: the Company's ability to meet debt service requirements, the availability and terms of financing, changes in the Company's credit rating, changes in market rates of interest and foreign exchange rates for foreign currencies, changes in value of investments in foreign entities, the ability to hedge interest rate risk, risks associated with the acquisition, development,
expansion, leasing and management of properties, general risks related to retail real estate, the liquidity of real estate investments, environmental liabilities, international, national, regional and local
economic climates, changes in market rental rates,
trends in the retail industry, relationships with anchor tenants, the inability to collect rent due to the bankruptcy or insolvency of tenants or otherwise, risks relating to joint venture properties, costs of common area maintenance, competitive market forces, risks related to international activities, insurance costs and coverage, terrorist activities, changes in
economic and market conditions and maintenance of our status as a real estate investment trust.