IEQ Capital sees portfolios shifting to resilience as higher-rate environment persists
Reuters2026/07/30 07:28- IEQ Capital’s Q3 2026 outlook flagged resilient US growth, driven by fiscal spending, AI investment, rising late-cycle volatility risks.
- Higher-rate “new normal” seen as base case, pressuring valuations, raising financing costs, shifting portfolio construction across public, private markets.
- Equities supported more by earnings growth than multiple expansion; leadership expected to broaden beyond a small group of AI-linked tech names.
- Fixed income positioned as income, capital preservation tool; tight credit spreads signaled preference for higher-quality issuers, selective credit risk.
- Private markets outlook favored disciplined private credit, operationally driven private equity, discounted secondaries; commercial real estate stabilization signs, infrastructure demand tailwinds.
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