RiskReversal Pod Stephanie Link: 2025 Market Outlook & Sectors To Watch
Feb 14, 2025
Join Stephanie Link, Chief Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Hightower, as she shares her deep insights on the 2025 market outlook. The conversation highlights potential earnings downgrades for the S&P 500 amid slowing growth. Stephanie analyzes interest rate trends, fiscal policies, and their market implications. She discusses key sectors like financials, technology, and energy, while spotlighting companies such as Boeing and Broadcom. The discussion also touches on emerging opportunities in cybersecurity and the challenges posed by current market valuations.
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Cramer's Kindness
- Stephanie Link shares a story about Jim Cramer offering her a job.
- Cramer showed flexibility by letting her work from home after she had a baby.
Market Outlook 2025
- Link predicts a harder market in 2025, with lower returns than the previous two years.
- She anticipates a GDP deceleration to around 2% and inflation around 2.5%.
Margin Expansion and Sector Focus
- Despite high earnings expectations, Link believes margin expansion could surprise to the upside.
- She suggests focusing on sectors beyond the MAG-7 for potential outperformance.