In a new report, RBC Capital Markets analyst Jonathan Golub discussed the firm’s stock market investment playbook for the month of September. Golub outlined RBC’s long-term and short-term views of the stock market and included which sectors traders should be buying on market weakness and which sectors they should avoid.
Long-Term Strength
While recent market weakness has led to growing fears that the six-year bull market in U.S. equities may be reaching its end, RBC believes that the S&P 500 still has room to the upside. In the past, the firm has argued that the weaker economic recovery/expansion would produce a longer overall business cycle, and Golub believes that that thesis has been playing out perfectly in recent years.
According to the report, global growth expectations for this cycle were unrealistically high, and companies will continue to focus on margin expansion and capital return. U.S. stock investors shouldn’t expect large gains throughout the remainder of this cycle, but RBC does not believe that the market will be crashing anytime soon.
Short-Term Weakness
Despite the bullish long-term outlook, RBC believes…
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