UBS sees about 7% upside in MSCI AC World Index
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UBS SEES ABOUT 7% UPSIDE IN MSCI AC WORLD INDEX
UBS Global Research forecast the MSCI All Country (AC) World index .MIWD00000PUS to hit 900 by 2025 year-end on Thursday, citing risk appetite, interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve and generative artificial intelligence(AI).
The brokerage's forecast represents an upside of nearly 7% to the benchmark index's Wednesday close of 845.51, which is used to gauge the broader global equity market performance.
"Risk appetite is modestly below average and consistent with about 1% U.S. GDP growth," said UBS strategists led by Andrew Garthwaite, adding they don't see a "U.S. hard landing in 2025 or 2026."
Bets of the Fed cutting rates by 50 basis points in November are currently at 35%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
The Federal Reserve started their rate cutting cycle with a bumper 50 basis point cut in their September meeting, that Chair Jerome Powell said was meant to show policymakers' commitment to sustaining a low unemployment rate now that inflation has eased.
Garthwaite expects earnings to perform lower than consensus in 2025 and forecasts global earnings-per-share growth of 5% in 2025 for the MSCI AC index versus a consensus of 13%.
"Nearly half the earnings growth in 2025 in the U.S. and globally is coming from sectors where the macroeconomic sensitivity is quite low (i.e healthcare and utilities) or tech (where Gen AI plays an outsized role versus the cycle)," UBS added.
Revenue growth is overstated and is one of the main reasons for earnings growth falling below consensus, they said.
(Kanchana Chakravarty)
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