What the Fed's recent rate decision means for markets – Ilan Kolet

With the Fed’s latest decision to hold rates, but also signaling rate cuts ahead in September, we sit down with Institutional portfolio manager, Ilan Kolet to get his insights into the current inflationary environment, and what it means for the Global Asset Allocation team’s fund positioning. Ilan speaks to host Pamela Ritchie about current US unemployment numbers, productivity, and how the latest data is creating optimism in the markets.  Ilan who previously worked at the Bank of Canada says the BoC’s is not motivated by geopolitics or other macro themes, but rather influenced on monetary policy and not politics. Ilan says the GAA team continues to be overweight US equities, albeit slightly trimmed down. He adds they are also overweight commodities and are invested into EM as they see this area filled with potential growth.

 

Recorded on August 1, 2024.

 

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