Macroeconomics

Institutional sentiment shows 2024 to be a year filled with many uncertainties.

While market performance suggests promising conditions, the Loomis Sayles team looks forward cautiously and likely towards a late credit cycle economy.

European equities have not kept pace with the US during 2023’s AI-driven boom in growth stocks, but is there a more promising longer-term outlook that might present an attractive entry point?

Mabrouk Chetouane and Julien Dauchez from Natixis Investment Managers Solutions explore the key market storylines and asset allocation trends as we look ahead to the fourth quarter of 2023.

Portfolio strategists analyze macro storylines in the third quarter including growth, inflation, the strength of the US consumer, and the outlook for rates.

This paper examines how investors can take advantage of investment opportunities in the global energy transition, while managing risks to their portfolios.

When it comes down to it, market strategists and economists within the Natixis Investment Managers family see an uncertain world, but not one without opportunity.

Portfolio strategists offer their take on investor misperceptions, inflation and the Fed’s pause, market tailwinds, and tactical allocation opportunities.

Our experts from Loomis Sayles discuss the opportunities in Chinese equities and why the yields on emerging market corporate credit are the highest we've seen in two decades.

Portfolio strategists offer their take on the changing macro narrative in the first quarter, the banking crisis, and prospects for a soft or hard landing.

Julien Dauchez, Head of Portfolio Consulting & Advisory at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions shares observations based on the largest private bank model portfolios his team analysed worldwide.

Portfolio Strategist Garrett Melson offers his analysis of the March 22 Fed meeting.

While things are still evolving, the factors supporting a positive outcome for senior bondholders are meaningful.

The fixed income market was even less attractive than equities in 2022. So why are investors hearing that ‘bonds are back’ for 2023?

The world changed in 2022 and ‘recession’ has been trending ever since. So, what should investors know about the R-word?