A rare interview with Cornerstone Macro’s Investment Strategist, Francois Trahan, who has once again been named the number one ranked strategist on Wall Street by Institutional Investor magazine, as he has been for eight of the last ten years. Trahan has been a stock market bull since the fall of 2011, Still Bullish when the recovery and the markets looked very dicey. Since then he has stuck to his guns and the market has proven him right. What’s his view now? Despite faltering growth in much of the world, rising geopolitical risks and the U.S. stock markets regularly flirting with record highs, he says the U.S. bull market still has several years to run. He’ll explain why.
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This week we have a rare interview with Wall Street’s number one investment strategist, Francois Trahan of Cornerstone Macro. Trahan was just voted to the top spot for the 8th time in 10 years by institutional investors, who are surveyed annually by Institutional Investor magazine. It is a coveted recognition.
The reason I am so enthusiastic about having him on this week is because the bears are starting to come out in force and he is long term bullish, and I mean really bullish, even in the face of recent events. (He turned positive on the U.S. market in 2011, a very good call.) As he told me, the world’s problems i.e., Europe’s and China’s are America’s opportunities.
While just about everyone else is wringing their hands about Europe, Germany’s industrial production just suffered a big decline, Francois Trahan says the Eurozone’s woes are keeping interest rates low and that’s helping the U.S. consumer. As he points out, we are a massively consumer driven economy. China’s slowdown is depressing commodity prices, another big plus for the American economy and consumer. U.S crude, measured by West Texas Intermediate oil just entered a bear market today with a 20% decline from its June peak.
After a big rally earlier this week, the markets reversed direction on global growth worries on Thursday. Francois Trahan has been predicting we will hit a soft patch this quarter with some challenging economic data that will rattle the markets. It’s happening already. He views downside volatility as an entry point and likens the current situation to 1996 when Alan Greenspan’s made his famous “irrational exuberance” remarks. A whopper of a four year bull market followed.
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Lazar & Francois Trahan: Macro Matters
Even the most hard-core stock pickers on Wall Street watch out for big picture events that can move markets. But which macro events matter most? Fed “tapering”? The slowdown in China? The housing recovery? Two investment research stars will be exclusively on WEALTHTRACK this week: Nancy Lazar and Francois Trahan both left their previous firms to become founding partners in Cornerstone Macro, devoted solely to macro economics, policy and strategy. What they identify as the next emerging market will surprise you! WATCH NOW…
Francois Francois Trahan: Investment Stategist Switches Gears From Bear To Bull
It’s nice to be able to focus on some positive news for a change and as you will discover in a moment, this week’s guest is one of the most upbeat Financial Thought Leaders out there right now, at least for the next several months. Here are some developments he’s following that might lift your spirits as well. WATCH NOW…
Additional appearances by Francois Trahan from the WEALTHTRACK archives
Creating A Culture
In 2013 Wall Street’s number one ranked investment strategist, Francois Trahan joined several other former colleagues to launch Cornerstone Macro, a new investment firm specializing in macroeconomics, investment strategy and political research. In a rare television interview we asked Francois Trahan about the best part of starting a new firm.
