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GLC: 2018 Market Year in Review, Nowhere for Investors to Hide

After an unprecedented year of calm in 2017, where investors made money in virtually every asset class, investors were brought back down to earth during 2018. Corporate earnings growth remained robust, but the ongoing monetary policy tightening cycle in the U.S. and increasing trade tensions (most notably between the U.S. and China) pushed up equity risk premiums and placed downward pressure on valuation multiples.

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