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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInvestors should stay in the markets but err on the side of defensiveness, says Adam HettsAdam Hetts, Janus Henderson global head of multi-asset, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk his investing playbook, anticipated softening in the economy and more.
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With its latest 25 basis point interest rate increase now in the books, the Fed has raised the benchmark overnight interest rate by 525 basis points since March 2022 to a level last seen before the 2007 housing market crash in a fight to bring down inflation. Still, some fixed income investors have remained on edge over how long the Fed can keep interest rates at restrictive levels without sparking an economic downturn. Meanwhile, Fed funds futures traders saw increased probability of another interest rate increase in September. To be sure, investors had badly overestimated the chances for recession at the beginning of this year and could be wrong again. Over the past year the unemployment rate has remained stubbornly low and growth has run consistently above trend.
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In the face of an impending downturn, investors have been flocking to defensive assets. Maybe the most important pivot is actually going to be the pivot in portfolios from defense to offense," Hetts told Insider in a recent interview. According to Hetts, investors who don't have an appropriate allocation to offensive assets risk not being exposed to the market's upside when it rebounds. In fact, Hetts actually believes that the rotation to offensive assets may come sooner than investors imagine. Balancing defensive and offensive investmentsIn the case of a lasting bear market, Hetts expects a drop in earnings growth.
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Index funds tend to be cheaper. Obviously, index provider S&P Global (SPGI) has a vested interest in promoting passive funds backed to various benchmark indexes. Even legendary investing guru Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) has extolled the virtues of index funds for average investors. He noted that just one of every four active funds beat their passive benchmarks over the ten years ending in June. That’s why some investors aren’t singing a funeral dirge for active stock picking – just yet.
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