Bruno Paulson
After a year that suggested nobody knows anything, we’re entering 2024 with good arguments for both sunny optimists and cloudy pessimists. And while we can’t be certain where the world economy will land on the sunny/cloudy spectrum, the market is clearly pricing in a sunny outcome. Combined with high multiples, that creates an unfavourable asymmetry with limited upside and plenty of downside. The trick—as always—is to hold on to the healthy long-term absolute returns when markets take a knock.
