BlackRock’s Ben Powell Calls for More Targeted Playbook in Markets

Ben Powell of BlackRock Investment Institute says we’re “moving to a fundamentally different epoch in financial markets” as President Donald Trump accelerates some pre-existing trends. Source: Bloomberg
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Global investors are facing a “fundamentally different epoch” in the financial markets that requires a different playbook with a more selective approach, according to BlackRock Investment Institute.

There is a “need to move away from a simple, even naive risk-on/risk-off approach to being much more granular, much more targeted,” the institute’s chief Middle East and APAC investment strategist Ben Powell said on Bloomberg Television Tuesday.