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Fear and uncertainty building short-term, but case for equities in 2022 still intact

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STRATEGY: Fear and uncertainty building short-term, but case for equities in 2022 still intact
Fear and uncertainty building short-term but so many resolved near term
In the first two months of 2022, a number of developments understandably rattled investor convictions and confidence around financial assets. One of the biggest lessons I learned at JPMorgan is the view "credit markets run on confidence, and they are good until they are not." In other words, even the ever wise bond market itself relies on confidence to maintain its enormous liquidity.

To recap the "biggies" weighing on markets (our belief):

- inflation soaring = Fed behind curve
- interest rates rising = bond market outcry for a recession (save the complex)
- Fed hike = fear of regime change + fear of policy error
- Russia/ Ukraine = "sell the build up, buy the invasion"
- White House approval ratings low = turmoil = risk of steps to redirect

EXTRA CREDIT:
- "stocks expensive"
- "bull market historic"

This is quite a list of worries and explains why stocks are under pressure in 2022. But we also know that markets "climb a wall of...

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