Capital Market Outlook

IN THIS ISSUE

• Macro Strategy — Semis: Why They Should Matter So Much for Investors: The semiconductor industry was deemed the Artificial Intelligence compute engines behind the infrastructure build out of large language models but raises the question. Do semiconductors even need Artificial Intelligence?
  
• Market View — Constructing Portfolios in a Bull Market of Negativity and Election Uncertainty: The bull market in negativity will test the patience and tolerance of investors this year but stay the course.
  
• Thought of the Week — Can International Equity Markets Outperform in 2024?: So far in 2024, non-U.S. markets are already once again lagging well behind U.S. Equities, we therefore think that tactical caution remains warranted as we enter the New Year.​