(BFW) Fed’s ‘Sugar High’ Needs to Wear Off on Investors: Haselmann


Fed’s ‘Sugar High’ Needs to Wear Off on Investors: Haselmann
2015-01-07 19:23:45.830 GMT


By Vivien Lou Chen
(Bloomberg) -- “The bottom line is that I expect a large
equity price adjustment (down) to occur imminently,” Guy
Haselmann, Scotiabank director of capital markets strategy,
writes in note.
* “Portfolios need to adjust from blindly accepting the Fed’s
‘sugar high’ toward realistically assessing valuations based
on fundamentals”
* Going forward, “prices will have to be supported by
fundamental values rather than easy money and speculation”
* After 6 yrs, “there is quite a bit of speculation to
work off”
* After 6 yrs, “there is quite a bit of speculation to
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* Fed will likely vacillate between “over-confidence and
fear” during adjustment process
* “I remain a bond bull”


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