Fidelity multi-asset team cuts equities ahead of potential 2019 recession

Defensive stance

Laura Dew
clock • 3 min read

The Fidelity multi-asset team has adopted a defensive stance across its portfolios in anticipation of a recession in 2019, potentially fuelled by problems in Italy.

At a briefing last week, Fidelity's global economist Anna Stupnytska said she expected global growth to remain sluggish in 2019 driven by tightening financial conditions globally and a slowdown in China, posing a recession risk. Stupnytska's comments follow a bout of increased market volatility in recent weeks prompting debate over the potential end of the ten-year bull run - the longest in US history. The longest US bull market: What have been the sector winners and losers? "There are tighter financial conditions; the Federal Reserve is ahead of the cycle and is unwinding the bala...

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