Treasury Partners of HighTower: Outlook on Equities with CIO, Richard Saperstein

NEW YORK - April 5, 2016 - PRLog -- Asset TV sat down with Richard Saperstein, CIO of Treasury Partners of HighTower, to get his outlook for the equity market and to discuss the possible impact the negative interest rates of Europe and Japan might have on the US markets.

Despite the high level of Q1 volatility that is likely to continue for the rest of the year, the equity markets are expected to end up at approximately 4-6%.  However, Richard Saperstein explains that there are a few risks that are not fully priced into the market, the biggest being the global negative interest rates.  Those negative rates exert pulls on the price and allocation of capital which in turn, will create even greater volatility within the US and the equity market going forward.

It has been seven years since the financial crisis of 2008/2009, and yet central banks such as BOJ, ECB, and the Fed are demonstrating an "all-in" posture to help boost the markets.  "If we don't get recovery and the markets realize that the central banks have an 'all-in' position with no more bullets to fire, we're going to have a situation where equity prices are vulnerable and bond prices will obviously go up and rates will go down," Richard states.  "Stocks, based on where they're selling right now, are not factoring in a potentially hazardous environment."

With this potential scenario, it may be hard for many investors to know where they should be putting their money.  One solution that Richard suggests is to invest in one area of the market that shows a lot of promise:  the consumer.   With rising employment adding 200,000 jobs per month, low oil prices increasing the cash flow on consumers, and household debt being at very low levels, consumer stocks and staples might seem like the safest bet.

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