Many central banks have started raising rates to fight inflation, opening up debt opportunities while promoting caution on broad emerging stocks.
The U.S. consumer is increasingly pessimistic but spending at a record pace, with sentiment dropping to a decade low despite sharp increases in sales.
Could the infrastructure and spending plans of the administration cause an unmitigated disaster? This is not the time for investor overconfidence.
These things have led to fears around volatility, rising COVID, interest rates and economic weakness. But every market cloud has a silver lining.