T Rowe Price floats as the S&P sinks into negative territory for the first calendar year since 2008.

T Rowe Price floats as the S&P sinks into negative territory for the first calendar year since 2008.
In the next 12 months, research suggests that allocations to China equity funds will be up while US and European equity product exposure will decrease, according to data collected by FSA.
FSA compares the AB American Growth Portfolio and the Threadneedle (Lux) American Fund.
The bank believes US company earnings will continue to grow despite the record length of the S&P’s bull run, according to Jan Amrit Poser, the bank’s chief strategist and head of sustainability.
The firm has reduced its China equities position amid slower growth and rising trade tensions with the US, according to Wenjie Lu, China investment strategist.
As stock market volatility continues, DBS Bank advises clients to cash out part of their equity holdings and take a wait-and-see approach, according to Hou Wey Fook, chief investment officer.
The US large cap equity market gets the firm’s biggest overweight, while exposure to Europe, Japan and emerging markets is reduced, according to Kevin Anderson, Hong Kong-based head of investments for Asia-Pacific.
The US tax cut bill, passed at the end of 2017, is going to disproportionately benefit small and mid-cap companies beginning in 2019, argues JO Hambro’s senior fund manager Vince Rivers.
US companies are expected to have high earnings this year, but Bank of Singapore, UBS Wealth Management and Deutsche Bank Wealth Management are finding more opportunities in other equity markets.
FSA compares two US equity products: the Franklin Templeton US Opportunities Fund and the Old Mutual North American Equity Fund.
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