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[Update] Investment Monthly: US equities remain attractive as election risk eases

7 November 2024

Willem Sels

Global Chief Investment Officer, HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth

Lucia Ku 

Global Head of Wealth Insights, HSBC Wealth and Personal Banking

Key takeaways

  • While solid economic and earnings growth data, Fed rate cuts and structural trends are positive for US equities, we believe a Trump presidency is likely to offer additional support due to the proposed tax cuts and deregulation. As fiscal stimulus and potential tariff-related upward pressure on inflation may lead to further volatility in bonds, we downgrade Global, US and Asian investment grade bonds to neutral. 
  • The Eurozone faces challenges of slow growth and potential US tariffs, hence warranting our downgrade of Europe ex-UK equities to underweight. The UK is better positioned due to its better macro outlook and lack of a US-UK trade deficit. UK equities are also more defensive in nature and cheap. We continue to see opportunities in European IT, energy and healthcare.
  • While we are waiting for more clarity around the size and the specific details of China’s fiscal stimulus measures, the potential for increased US tariffs adds to the complexity, so we remain neutral on mainland Chinese and Hong Kong stocks. Yet, valuations remain cheap. Within the region, we favour Japan, India and Singapore due to their favourable market conditions and positive growth drivers. South Korean stocks are moved down to neutral due to tariff concerns.

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