It’s time for a new investing playbook
Ronald Temple | Lazard Asset Management | 23 February 2022 | 0.50 CE
Investing over the next several years is going to be unlike anything we’ve experienced in decades. The pandemic triggered a paradigm shift in the economy, politics, and markets that stimulated a rapid economic recovery. This recovery, however, also added fuel to the fire of inflation resulting from a surge in demand for goods whose supply was constrained. As central banks pivot from QE to QT and rate hikes to dampen price pressures, investors should re-evaluate the post-GFC era playbook that might no longer work amidst structurally higher inflation and rising discount rate...