In case you missed it…
On May 4th, Ariel’s portfolio management leadership team presented insights on the past quarter and what’s next during its semi-annual market update call.
The webinar, moderated by Co-CEO & President Mellody Hobson, began with a lightning round with predictions for the remainder of the year. As our clients already know, Ariel is built on a devil’s advocate network. We embrace and encourage disagreement among our portfolio managers. Differing opinions make us better as a firm. We believe that diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes.
Founder, Chairman, Co-CEO & Chief Investment Officer John W. Rogers, Jr., Global Equities Chief Investment Officer Rupal Bhansali and Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets Value Henry Mallari D’Auria made various bets on the most pertinent topics today:
- U.S. stock market –higher or lower by year-end?
- John: higher
- Rupal: lower
- Henry: lower
- Inflation – hot, cooling or just right by year-end?
- John: just right
- Rupal: cool
- Henry: still hot
- Interest rates – has the Fed finished tightening or is there more to go / or will they move higher or lower by year-end?
- John: lower
- Rupal: same
- Henry: higher
- Recession – are we likely or not likely to see one over the next 12 months?
- John: no
- Rupal: yes
- Henry: yes
- Large-cap S&P 500 or small-cap Russell 2000 – which will outperform over the next three years?
- John: Russell 2000
- Rupal: S&P 500
- Henry: Russell 2000
- MSCI Index or MSCI Emerging Markets Index – which will outperform over the next three years?
- John: EM
- Rupal: EM
- Henry: EM
- Have you used Chat GPT?
- John: no
- Rupal: yes
- Henry: yes
John, Rupal and Henry were then joined by Vice Chairman & Head of Investment Group Charlie Bobrinskoy, Executive Vice President & Director of Research Tim Fidler and Executive Vice President & Portfolio Manager Ken Kuhrt for a wide-ranging discussion on the following topics:
- Volatility in the markets due to the instability of the Financial sector
- Inflation
- A deeper dive on thoughts about a potential recession
- China
- A closer look at sectors: Real Estate, Commodities and Consumer Discretionary
- What’s next and where we are headed
As always, we thank you for your relationship with Ariel. Please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] if you would like to continue the conversation.
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