Valuations may become a headwind for US equities

US stock markets’ gains in recent months, both in absolute terms and relative to their European peers, owe a lot to their rising valuations. But equities in the US are now arguably quite highly valued, which in our view will contribute to them underperforming during the rest of this year.

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