{"id":11066,"date":"2016-12-13T17:21:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cambridgeassociates.com\/insight\/outlook-2017-break-clouds\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:42:52","slug":"outlook-2017-break-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridgeassociates.com\/en-eu\/insight\/outlook-2017-break-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"Outlook 2017: A Break in the Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Change is in the air and the prospect for a bit of sunshine to break through the overhang of slow growth and lower-for-longer yields is palpable. Of course, the sun doesn\u2019t shine forever, and overall our views are little changed. The things we have been worried about for some time\u2014high valuations for certain risk assets, record-low interest rates, slow economic growth\u2014have not gone away. The surest call to make for 2017 is that higher growth expectations will be paired with the distinct possibility of negative outcomes, putting a premium on diversification and liquidity management.<\/p>\n<p>In our 2017 outlook, we review the prospects for several asset classes\u2014developed and emerging markets equities, credit, real assets, sovereign bonds, and currencies\u2014and share the advice of our chief investment strategist. Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridgeassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Outlook-2017-Public.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive summary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our 2017 outlook, we review the prospects for several asset classes\u2014developed and emerging markets equities, credit, real assets, sovereign bonds, and currencies\u2014and share the advice of our chief investment strategist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-11066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","topics-portfolio-strategy-en-eu"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Outlook 2017: A Break in the Clouds - Cambridge Associates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cambridge Associates&#039; 2017 market outlook examines prospects across equities, credit, real assets, and currencies amid changing growth expectations. 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