Matthew Beaudry

Senior Investment Director @ Putnam Investments

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Have we reached this cycle’s peak earnings growth, indicating the imminent onset of a bear market? My latest blog post explores several risks, like peak earnings growth, that may be more myth than reality https://t.co/EJRa3t9xii

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Have Purchasing Managers’ indices (PMIs) peaked, marking the beginning of the end for the current economic expansion? My latest blog post explores several risks, like peaking PMIs, that may be more myth than reality https://t.co/EJRa3t9xii

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Putnam's Matt Beaudry takes a deeper look at three of the biggest market risks today and separates myth from reality. https://t.co/C60J4RUbXp

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Is the age of the current economic expansion an indication that it is near an end? My latest blog post explores several risks, like the age of the expansion, that may be more myth than reality https://t.co/EJRa3t9xii

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Earnings and the equity market: Since 1990, whenever earnings-per-share growth has been greater than 10%, the market’s annual return has consistently been positive. The average annual average return of these years has been 16.7%

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Q118 earnings: On a sector basis, all eleven S&P 500 sectors had positive year-over-year earnings growth in 2018’s first quarter. Energy, materials, technology, and financials posted the best earnings growth rates among the S&P 500 sectors

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Earnings cycles: We believe the earnings recession in 2015 and the first half of 2016 marked the beginning of a new earnings cycle. If history is any guide, this cycle may be in early innings; the previous cycle lasted seven years and the one before it, six

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The current period of accelerated earnings appears to be in its early innings. Matt Beaudry looks at what this trend may signal about market returns. https://t.co/qkXaODX3lX

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With the likelihood of rising rates in the near term, fixed-income investors may want to look beyond the benchmark. https://t.co/bR6cn6m4lg

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Through 4/30/18, the top ten performing stocks in the S&P 500 were up by an average of ~40%, while the bottom ten were down by an average of ~30%

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Opportunities for active managers: 46% of stocks in the S&P 500 were positive through 4/30/18. 54% were negative

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Beware of averages: only one stock in the S&P 500 has returned the exact average of the index YTD, as of 4/30/18

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Rising market volatility and headlines about a trade war are prompting questions about a recession. Here's why recession talk could be premature: https://t.co/0JV2RHf5b1

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Is an economic recession on the horizon? Not if history is any indication. https://t.co/noYRGBLORC

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Matt Beaudry's perspective: For value-oriented portfolios to gain an advantage over growth-oriented portfolios, the financials sector will need to outperform. https://t.co/YLBal1YtPq

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Take a look at our Q2 Market Perspectives presentation, now available on the Putnam website for download: https://t.co/6ms6BeInDk

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The best strategy for investing in pro-cyclical markets? Keep it simple: https://t.co/H9bzVYchDE

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How will yesterday's decision by the FOMC to raise interest rates affect investment portfolios? My take: https://t.co/3hjj7zs9hl

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President Trump's proposed economic agenda has drawn comparisons to Reagan's early policies. Can he deliver? https://t.co/X21VXJHXQh

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