
The Macro Update (Q1 2023) With Eric Basmajian (EPB Macro Research)
Investing Experts
Investing in a Recession - What Sectors Should You Avoid?
The economic cycle leads you to believe what sectors might see outperforming growth within the next few months, going into a recession. Within stocks, I think that stocks should be a relatively underweight portion of your investment portfolio given what I see coming on the horizon. If you're very risk averse, I would want to be sticking towards the front end of the treasury curve like cash or short term treasury bonds like SHY. And then within commodities, I would hold a preference for gold, and I would avoid the commodities that do poorly in recessions - coppers, industrial metals and even oil.
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