Special: Mid-Year Outlook with Lesley Marks and Steve Locke

The investment and economic water have smoothed over the last six months, yet market expectations of interest rate cuts were challenged by resilient growth and inflation. On this special episode, Lesley Marks, CIO of Equities, and Steve Locke, CIO of Fixed Income and Multi-Asset Strategies, discusses their market outlook for the rest of 2024. Topics discussed in their conversation include:

• Global growth and the US economy
• Inflation and interest rates
• Bond market volatility and opportunities
• Impacts of the energy transition on equity and fixed income markets
• Market implications of generative AI
• Geographic investment opportunities

For more insights and perspectives, download our 2024 mid-year market outlook.

This episode was recorded on May 31, 2024.