Goldman’s Top Ten Market Themes For 2013
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/02/2012 16:55 -0500
Whether you trust the squid and their thought process or believe in ‘better the devil you know’, Goldman’s top thinkers – from Garzarelli to Himmelberg and from Stolper to Hatzius and Wilson – lay out the top ten global macro themes from their economic outlook that will dominate markets in 2013. Agree or disagree, one thing is for sure – these ten ‘themes’ will impact us all one way or another and for each theme, Goldman discusses the wider implications for markets, and the potential issues and options for investing around them. Aside from the ten key themes, they provide succinct macro outlooks for rates (steeper curves and seniorty shifts), FX (moderate USD weakness amid broad stability), equities (accelerating growth and risk reduction underpin a solid 2013), and credit (‘search for yield’ has less to find).
Strawman – or investing bible – there is a little here every bull, bear, and arbitrageur…
Goldman’s Top Ten Key Themes (and our annotated summary):
1. Global growth: A ‘hump’ to get over, then a clear road ahead – The biggest challenge from a markets perspective is that we see risks to growth concentrated early in the year, with Q1 likely to show a step-down in growth globally. Fiscal restraint plays a major role in that story: we expect a big increase early in 2013, but a significant fading on both sides of the Atlantic thereafter.