Our guest webinar presenter, Marta Rodriguez with J.P. Morgan Asset Management, joins us for a 34-minute webinar to provide insight into the recent market shifts in early April 2025. Marta is our long-time partner who has a gift for simplifying the complex world of economics. She always brings a fresh and analytical perspective to an often emotionally-charged and challenging topic for audiences.
Watch this 34-minute webinar (speaker content begins at 2:08 mark) to hopefully give you peace of mind in today’s geopolitical and economic climate. Marta covers the following in her presentation :
Components of GDP growth
Contributors to real GDP growth
Unemployment and wages
Civilian unemployment rate and year-over-year wage growth
Sources of earnings growth and profit margins
S&P 500 year-over-year pro forma EPS growth
S&P 500 profit margins
Inflation components U.S.
Contributors to headline CPI inflation
Tariffs on U.S. imports
Average tariff rate on U.S. goods imports for consumption
Labor Supply
Nonfarm payroll gains
Labor force growth, native and immigrant contributions
Federal finances
The 2025 federal budget
Federal deficit and net interest outlays
Federal net debt (accumulated deficits)
The Fed and interest rates
Federal funds rate expectations
Credit market dynamics
Corporate credit spreads
U.S. high yield by credit rating
U.S. high yield default rates
S&P 500 valuation measures
S&P 500 Index: Forward P/E ratio
Global equity markets
Share of global market capitalization
Annual returns and intra-year declines
S&P intra-year declines vs. calendar year returns
Consumer confidence and the stock market
Consumer Sentiment Index and subsequent 12-month S&P 500 returns
Time, diversification, and the volatility of returns
Range of stock, bond, and blended total returns