The economy is expected to expand in 2018, with projections for stock market performance clocking in at 8% basis Goldman Sachs. But not all is well – a Moody’s report notes that specific asset sectors are struggling, particularly when it comes to car loan quality worsening. [klarman] As wage growth is non-existent in some job categories, loan quality becomes a challenge Moody’s anticipates that US GDP growth will strengthen slightly to 2.3% in 2018 from 2.2% in 2017, with unemployment also continuing to move lower to 4.0% from 4.4%. Despite this, some pockets of borrowers are experiencing strain despite the…
Moodys Warns Of Deteriorating Auto Loan Quality
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.