OREANDA-NEWS. June 07, 2017. Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII) today released the 2017 Midyear Outlook report “Seize the Opportunities.” The midyear report provides ideas for how best to navigate uncertainty and explains what investors should expect for the remainder of 2017. In the report, WFII covers a comprehensive economic and market overview — and they give their top-five portfolio recommendations they believe are critical to investors’ success in the second half of the year.

“One truism of investing is that uncertainty is always with us, and successful investing is built on the premise that uncertainty can create opportunity. But what matters most is how investors choose to respond to the inevitable events that move the markets,” said Darrell Cronk, president of Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

Key areas covered include:

  • Expectations for U.S. and global markets and economic growth
  • Opportunities in equities, fixed income, and real assets
  • The unique role that alternatives can play in qualified portfolios
  • Five portfolio tips for the rest of 2017:
    • Reduce certain “riskier” asset classes
    • Broaden geographic equity exposure
    • Increase non-traditional sources of return
    • Be agile with tactical shifts
    • Reconsider the active/passive mix

“Looking ahead to 2018, we believe slow-but-steady U.S. economic growth and low inflation should continue and support both equity markets and slightly higher bond yields,” said Paul Christopher, head global market strategist for WFII. “We strongly believe that the foundational principals of investing — including diversification, globalization, and portfolio rebalancing — are vitally important in today’s markets,” Christopher added.

Read the Wells Fargo Investment Institute 2017 Midyear Outlook, “Seize the Opportunities.”

About Wells Fargo Investment Institute

Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII) is a registered investment adviser and wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, providing investment research, strategy, manager research and thought leadership within the Wealth and Investment Management division (WIM), with the goal of supplying world class advice to the company’s financial and wealth advisers. WFII provides investment advice to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Advisors and other Wells Fargo affiliates.

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