As highlighted in our 2016 Global Investment Strategy & Outlook, the global macro fundamentals had been slowing as we anticipated, and consequently Central Banks in the US, Japan and Europe have been adding liquidity to dampen the slowdown. Contrary to most “sell-side” big firms, which had been predicting 4 rate hikes by the FED in 2016 (GS, JPM, UBS, DB to name just a few) besides “buy-siders” (of the likes of Bill Gross/Pimco/Janus, Mohammed El Erian/Allianz and too many others to name).
