Jim McDonald is an executive vice president and the chief investment strategist for Northern Trust. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic and tactical asset allocation policy for our institutional and wealth management clients globally. He chairs the Northern Trust Tactical Asset Allocation Committee and is a co-portfolio manager of the Northern Global Tactical Asset Allocation Fund. In addition, he is a member of the Investment Policy Committee and trustee of the 50 South Capital Alpha Strategies hedge fund.
Financial markets are nearing all-time highs even as economic growth cools and corporate earnings sag -- here's why
A clear impact of the Fed's about-face can be seen in homebuilder stocks, which fell 26 percent last year, this year, the same stocks are already up 25 percent.