Weekly Perspective

We hereby extend best wishes to all during this joyous holiday season and a wonderful and successful 2019.

   How to Invest in 2019: GSAM's Investment Outlook The aging economic expansion is likely to continue through next year with some possible advantages for investors after a challenging 2018, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management's (GSAM) 2019 investment outlook,  A Better Deal.  For investors, late-cycle fears will continue to drive episodic volatility and drawdowns, creating opportunities to invest at attractive valuations. In terms of market views, the GSAM team prefers equities over corporate credit, credit over interest rates and emerging markets over developed markets. "End-of-cycle signs -- including contracting corporate profit margins, excessive central bank tightening and systemic financial imbalances -- are not evident and we think we are unlikely to see them through the first half of 2019, though the risks will rise towards the end of the year," says Neill Nuttall, GSAM's co-chief investment officer of the Global Portfolio Solutions Group. "W

As the ramifications of the Cohen sentencing continue, there is reporting by the Wall Street Journal and also reported by CNN that the Trump Inaugural Committee is under criminal investigation by the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan. This is as President Trump went on a Twitter Offensive and also appeared on Fox News to dismiss Mr. Cohen and the whole investigative process--as the President himself has been implicated in the scheme in the aftermath of the agreement with the owner/publisher of the National Inquirer.    Our team captured this from Pete Souza on Robert Mueller: Please enjoy this retrospective on the profound times the President has to deal with: 

It has been quite a week--There was a meeting at the White House yesterday between President Trump and Congressional Leaders and it was quite a spectacle as the President threatened a shutdown if there was no border wall.  The Gif we captured above reflects this concern. This is as the legal troubles surrounding the President continues to multiply --and as Republicans are being dismissive.    Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers share their perspectives:

Seth Meyers, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert et. al were relentless last week as the investigations continue Our team selected some alternative views on our World along with some interesting statistics courtesy of the Nooner on the reality in California as we await 2019: TURNOUT  as of November 30, 2018 Eligible to register: 25,200,451 Registered voters as of 10/22: 19,696,371 Ballots tallied: 12,465,464 Turnout of eligible: 49.47% Turnout of registered: 63.29%   Outlook (as of 11/30/18) U.S. House of Representatives State Assembly State Senate As of Nov. 6, 2018 39 Democrats 14 Republicans 55 Democrats 25 Republicans 26 Democrats 14 Republicans After Nov. 6, 2018 46 Democrats 7 Republicans 60 Democrats 20 Republicans 29 Democrats 11 Republicans This is as we note this perspective from the Real News Network regarding perspectives on the realities of our World as well with Qatar, Yemen & Saudi Arabia:  Pentagon Engaged in Unfathomable Financial Mismanagement Around the same time that a

President Bush was laid to rest Thursday at his Presidential Library.   We decided to headline this brief Notation as we leave you with highlights courtesy of the Guardian Of London: 

The US National Christmas Tree in Washington  The Holiday Season is Upon us epitomized by the lighting of the National Christmas Tree last week in Washington.  As we welcome the Holiday Season here in our properties, we begin to wind down the Year as we present views courtesy of the team at Goldman Sachs as we look to a very challenging 2019:       2019 US Economic Outlook: The Home Stretch US economic growth will slow significantly in 2019 due to tighter financial conditions and a fading fiscal stimulus, according to Goldman Sachs Research. The forecast also calls for quarterly rate hikes as the Fed looks to keep the economy from overheating amid rising inflation and unemployment on a downward trajectory towards 3% by early 2020. For now, neither overheating nor financial imbalances -- the classic causes of recessions -- appear worrisome. As a result, the economic expansion remains on track to become the longest in US history in 2019. Read report Watch video   

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