There are several major themes that investors should watch in 2018, according to Moody’s. Those themes range from global growth and trade wars to the impact technology will have on an industry-by-industry basis. Buy Gold As Debt Levels Continue To Soar? The outlook for global growth will drive key credit trends in 2018, and here Moody’s thinks “growth will hit a high-water mark in 2018” but will nonetheless maintain solid momentum throughout the year. Favorable financial conditions will be buttressed by lessoned fiscal drag, a trade recovery, and resilient market sentiment, the firm predicted in an April 2 conference call….
Slowing Growth, High Tech Among Big Themes For 2018: Moody’s
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.