The New Normal: Navigating a Post-Pandemic Market

CFRA’s webinar series cover critical themes and topics that financial professionals and investors should consider as they outline their investment strategy. In our next series, The New Normal: Navigating a Post-Pandemic Market, our equity analysts will explore trends and topics across key industries that are at the center of projected market changes as we transition from Covid-19 and the uncertainty of the U.S. elections, to economic recovery and a period of adjustment to the new market environment.

Acclimating to the new market environment means that many investors may need to re-orient their investment approach - CFRA is here to provide timely, forward-looking investment research and the best support to investors and financial professionals. Register for the first session in the webinar series and stay in the know.

Session 1:  Outlook 2021—Pandemic Pop

Election Day has come and gone. The equity markets saw the projected blue wave revised to a swift tsunami of gridlock-anticipated optimism. Joe Biden became the president-elect, while Congress maintained its leadership leanings.

Since WWII, there have been nine times that the president of one party surrendered the reins of power to the newly elected president of the opposing party. As a result, investors may wonder how the markets may perform as we close out 2020 and move into the New Year.

During the session, which was by moderated by Director of Equity Research Ken Leon, CFRA Chief Investment Strategist Sam Stovall, CFRA Equity Analysts Matthew Miller and Colin Scarola provided CFRA's U.S. economy and investment outlook for equities and funds for the closing month of 2020 and into 2021.

Topics discussed included:

• Provided framework for 2021 outlook with “Cyclical Six” investment strategy.
• Economic recovery scenarios on key industries such as metals, mining, and transportation.
• Second derivative opportunity for copper, nickel, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth minerals.
• CFRA’s outlook on climate change implications including new disruptors for growth from electrification and electronic vehicles.
• Transition away from fossil fuel energy to electrification for trucking and stricter efficiency standards.
• Identified industrial industries that may benefit from renewable energy.

Presenters

• Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist, CFRA
• Matthew Miller, CFRA Equity Analyst
• Colin Scarola, CFRA Equity Analyst
• Moderator: Ken Leon, Director of Equity Research, CFRA

Speakers 

	Sam Stovall Chief Investment Strategist
	Matthew Miller  Equity Analyst, CFRA
	Colin Scarola Equity Analyst, CFRA
	Ken Leon Director of Equity Research, CFRA Moderator