Sharemarket Volatility

The US share market is long overdue a decent correction. This now appears to be unfolding and may have further to go as higher inflation, a slightly more aggressive Fed and higher bond yields are factored in.This will impact most share markets including Australian shares.However, in the absence of an aggressive 1994 style back-up in bond yields or a US recession – neither of which we expect – the pull back in shares should be limited in depth and duration to a correction (with say a 10% or so fall) and shares should have positive returns this year as a whole.However, it’s likely to be a more volatile year than last year.

Correction time for Shares? provides further information on the topic.