"In the U.S., the economic slowdown will be driven by the market. The Nasdaq may have topped here. We recently took out our position in Invesco QQQ Trust exchange-traded fund [ticker: QQQ]. It was our single biggest position. I think the market is rudderless for a while and sells off into the fourth quarter. At the same time, there will be a lot of pressure for rates to go up. One: Oil is continuing to march higher to $85-plus. That raises transportation costs, which are already going up because they can’t find enough truckers. Two, there’s a risk of higher inflation from tariffs. Three, you are seeing wage pressure now." ...
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