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Tuesday links: dislocated from reality

Abnormal Returns

morningstar.com) Alternative assets are not all that alternative. wired.com) Asset allocation How various asset classes performed during a recession. wsj.com) Finance Private debt funds are on pace to raise more than $200 billion in new capital in 2023. Alternatives Private market access funds are all the rage.

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Strategic Update – Q4 2023

Discipline Funds

Macroeconomic Overview Our macroeconomic forecast for 2023 called for a year of disinflation and “muddle through” That means we expected the economy to remain sluggish and for inflation to show positive rates of change that were sequentially slower. Real GDP has averaged 2.3%

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Tuesday links: the case for diversification

Abnormal Returns

behaviouralinvestment.com) Do commodities have a role to play in a long-term, strategic asset allocation? morningstar.com) Stop lumping the 'big three' asset managers together in the same breath. morningstar.com) Economy Home prices peaked June 2022. economist.com) The 10 best movies of 2023, so far, including 'Air.'

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Northern Trust Asset Management’s 2023 Capital Market Forecast

Advisor Perspectives

Northern Trust’s Capital Market Assumptions (CMA) report, an annual report of long-term average annualized return expectations for a wide range of asset classes, forecasts below-trend global growth at an annualized rate of 2.4% trillion in assets under management. a year on average.

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Sunday links: your propensity to panic

Abnormal Returns

Strategy Shifting your asset allocation based on economic forecasts is a fool's errand. theirrelevantinvestor.com) Bank turmoil is now on everyone's dance card for 2023. theirrelevantinvestor.com) Bank turmoil is now on everyone's dance card for 2023. rationalwalk.com) How the bank crisis could ripple through the economy.

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Market Commentary: Top Charts From 2023 Set the Scene For 2024

Carson Wealth

The economy surprised, the consumer remained resilient, stocks soared, and even bonds did well on the year thanks to a late-innings rally. Some are perhaps unorthodox, but they tell us a lot about 2023 while setting the scene for 2024. Some are perhaps unorthodox, but they tell us a lot about 2023 while setting the scene for 2024.

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CIO Perspectives Podcast: The Outlook for 2023, a deep dive into the venture landscape and dissecting the AI buzz

Brown Advisory

As the world’s second-largest economy emerges from years of COVID-19 lockdowns, consumers there are flush with cash and could boost U.S. Asset allocation for a year where bonds offer the most attractive returns they have compared to the expected returns for stocks in decades. multinationals and aggregate demand.