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UBS House View Investment Strategy Guide 2Q 2017 Theme UBS House View Comments Fixed Income While inflation expectations have caught up to the reality of rising prices, limiting prospects for near term outperformance of the position, TIPS continue to offer portfolio protection against a possible overshooting of inflation rates. We continue to prefer US HY bonds for the carry they offer over higher-rated fixed income segments. While the price upside is likely limited, we think the backdrop of low default rates, slightly improving corporate fundamentals and investor demand will support the asset class. Our outlook for gradually rising LIBOR rates provides the backdrop for senior loans to perform well in the current environment. Loans also exhibit lower volatility than high-yield bonds and equities. Equity Improving domestic economic and corporate profit trends support our overweight to US equities. US equity valuations are somewhat above their long-run average, but remain attractive vs. still low-yielding bonds. Policy initiatives, particularly corporate tax reform, have the potential to provide an additional significant boost to corporate profits. Technology has been the top-performing sector YTD, driven by a rebound in some of the secular growth stocks within the sector. We expect continued outperformance. After outperforming in 2016 we look for oil prices to remain well supported and energy stocks to rebound. Higher interest rates and deregulation may further boost financial sector earnings. We expect political and policy uncertainty to remain a topic this year and short-term US real interest rates to go even more negative, both of which historically have been positive factors for gold. SPDR® Product Idea Ticker SPDR Bloomberg IPE Barclays TIPS ETF SPDR Bloomberg Barclays JNK High Yield Bond ETF SPDR Blackstone / GSO SRLN Senior Loan ETF SPDR S&P 500® ETF SPY Technology Select XLK Sector SPDR Fund Energy Select Sector XLE SPDR Fund SPDR S&P Oil & XOP Gas Exploration & Production ETF Financial Select XLF Sector SPDR Fund SPDR S&P Regional KRE Banking ETF SPDR Gold Shares GLD® Covered by Description ETF Research The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government Inflation-Linked Bond Index is designed to measure the performance of the inflation protected public obligations of the U.S. Treasury, commonly known as “TIPS”. The Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Very Liquid Index is designed to measure the• performance of publicly issued US dollar denominated high yield corporate bonds with above average liquidity. SRLN is an active ETF that seeks to provide current income consistent with the• preservation of capital by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets in senior loans. The S&P 500® Index is composed of five hundred (500) selected stocks, all of which are• listed on national stock exchanges and spans over 25 separate industry groups. The Technology Select Sector Index is one of eleven S&P 500 GICS Sector Indexes. This• Index includes companies from industries such as: software, diversified telecommunication services, internet software & services, and semiconductor & semiconductor equipment. The S&P Energy Select Sector Index is one of eleven S&P 500 GICS Sector Indexes.• It includes companies from industries such as: Oil & Gas Consumable Fuels and Energy Equipment & Services. The S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index is a modified equal• weight index and represents the oil and gas exploration and production sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Markets Index.™ The S&P Financial Select Sector Index is one of eleven S&P 500® GICS Sector indexes.• It includes companies from the following industries: diversified financial services, insurance, commercial banks, capital markets, and consumer finance. The S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index is a modified equal weight index• and represents regional banks and thrifts sub-industry portion of the U.S. S&P Total Markets Index. Due to the equal weighted index construction, KRE has more mid and small cap exposure. SPDR Gold Shares is designed to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion,• less the Trust’s expenses. This document has been prepared by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) for informational purposes only and does not indicate approval or disapproval by UBS. The information in the UBS House View is based on the views of UBS at the time of its printing and is not necessarily the opinions of SSGA. UBS Financial Advisors must consider whether any fund is appropriate for a particular client based on that client’s specific investment objectives, financial situation, and risk tolerance. State Street Global Advisors investment options are based upon the views of only State Street Global Advisors. UBS Financial Services has not assessed any of the investment options. Investment professional use only
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