Don’t be caught sleeping this Year of the Rooster and start sitting on these golden investment eggs; but as with any investment idea, these eggs are best taken with a grain of salt.
With global growth set to accelerate in 2017 and the new United States administration looking to embark on an infrastructure binge, investors will be roused into action by the crow of several investment opportunities. Singapore Business Review rounded up the most promising of the bunch based on investor outlooks, including key sectors like biotechnology that promise solid earnings potential and currency plays that anticipate a stronger US dollar.
1. Healthcare and technology stocks
For stock market investors, the healthcare and technology sectors are promising bets in 2017. Most indices climbed higher following the outcome of the US elections, and there is limited potential for indices in aggregate to appreciate further, says Christian Nolting, global chief investment officer at Deutsche Bank Wealth Management. This presents an opportunity to concentrate on income strategies and sector themes.
“The earnings outlook remains positive ahead,” he says, noting that Deutsche Bank has upgraded the global healthcare sectors to overweight. “As expected, S&P 500 quarterly earnings are now growing again for the first time on a year-on-year basis since the third quarter of 2015, and the outlook remains positive – although we still believe consensus estimates for 2017 may be too high.”
Investors should start loading their baskets with biotechnology stocks, says Nolting. The fundamentals of this subsector remain intact as research and development spending continues to grow. Healthy cash positions and positive earnings will also support biotechnology stocks.
Technology stocks can also be great picks in the face of stronger global growth and fiscal spending into infrastructure, which should drive demand, earnings, and stock prices across the sector.
2. US infrastructure sector
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