2017 Market Outlook: Themes, Actions, Opportunities, and Asset Allocation

Investing in a changing world can be challenging. Looking at the current environment, there is a wide array of possible outcomes due to heightened political uncertainty in Europe related to a number of key elections in the region and policy upheavals at home. These changes carry the potential to disrupt and dislocate markets. To this end, investors should be prepared to act quickly—as they did in early 2016—to exploit this volatility. It then becomes vital to identify the major themes driving change. Investors who are able to synthesize how these themes can impact their portfolio and prepare for change will be best positioned for success.

In a shifting investment landscape with the heightened potential for change, three major categories emerged: key market themes, strategic policy actions and current opportunities. See below for our views on the 2017 market outlook.