Citi Wealth Insights

Global equity markets have come nearly full circle from a significant correction in 4Q 2018. Despite the recent rally, Citi analysts still forecast mild gains for the rest of 2019 albeit with higher volatility.

Citi analysts expect that both the economic expansion as well as the equity bull market have further to run albeit with higher volatility.

The main drivers of poor 2018 performance are likely to moderate or reverse in 2019.

Given the increase in price volatility, investors may think that market timing during a late-stage bull market may sound like a good idea but history suggests that there is no ‘right time’ to try timing markets.

Given that volatility is likely to continue, how should investors position themselves to take advantage of opportunities ahead?

To take advantage of the growing opportunity created by higher US interest rates, Citi analysts have made slight adjustments to their weighting on bonds and equities.