SEB: Investment Outlook: Slowing growth rate, but more attractive asset valuations
Press releaseStockholm, February 5, 2019 2018 was a volatile year, with weak performance for most asset classes, despite strong economic growth and impressive corporate earnings increases. We expect 2019 to be stormy as well, since we are still in the late phase of the economic cycle. Global growth will gradually slow down and the earnings-generating ability of the corporate sector will be challenged. In this phase, short-term sources of disruption such as political turmoil often have a greater impact, but we also foresee some positive counterforces that may diminish volatility during