The Market Signals Spooking Wall Street Traders This Halloween
Lagged effect of Fed monetary policy is also a concern
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The US economy may have escaped a long-feared recession — pumping up stocks to records — yet investors are still looking over their shoulder this Halloween for gnarly market signals that spell trouble ahead.
Think lofty valuations that threaten meager equity returns in the future, the lagged effects of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes, ever-soaring debt burdens and far more.
Here are the charts that are spooking finance professionals right now.
Emily Roland, co-chief investment strategist for John Hancock Investment Management: