Outlook 2019

Citi Private Bank believes the global economy and risk assets can register further gains over the coming year. But we also acknowledge the challenges posed by the return to monetary normalcy, greater market volatility, and political instability. Our Outlook 2019 materials therefore create guideposts to help anticipate events in these more turbulent times and assess their potential impact on your wealth.

As well as highlighting our favored markets and other portfolio actions for the coming year, we are proud to introduce our approach to what we call 'Investing with Purpose' (IwP). IwP seeks to maintain portfolio quality while seeking to serve the greater good by delivering environmental, social, and governance benefits.

Outlook 2019 also presents three multi-year investment themes: Make your cash work much harder, Safeguarding assets, and Unstoppable trends.

Our Outlook 2019 materials create guideposts to help anticipate events

Our key message for 2019 and beyond is the importance of safeguarding assets by building stronger portfolios for turbulent times. We believe following our portfolio recommendations and embracing our themes can help achieve this.

Investing with Purpose

Aligning your investment activities with personal values and interests can help enable you to seek financial gain as well as environmental, social, and governance benefits. Learn more about Investing with Purpose.

Key themes in Outlook 2019

Make your cash work much harder

Rising rates have made cash more valuable once more; our favored opportunities for putting cash to work stress quality, selectivity, and diversification.

Safeguarding assets

Today’s late-cycle conditions are a good time to seek to safeguard your assets, and also offer opportunities for doing so.

Unstoppable trends

Unstoppable trends are transforming the world around us. What might the rise of Asia, increasing longevity, and digital disruption mean for your portfolio?