A Triad Of Risk Factors Stalks Markets This Week

James Picerno6.93K FollowersFollow5ShareSavePlay(6min)CommentsSummaryThe resilience of global markets will be tested anew this week as investors grapple with the implications of three risks that could roil sentiment.The economy probably cooled even without the shutdown, but the slowdown was exaggerated in the official Q4 numbers.The more immediate threat for risk sentiment is the potential for a US attack on Iran. Trump is pressuring Iran over its nuclear program and has moved an array of military assets into striking range to intimidate Tehran.Markets now face a convergence of economic, legal, and geopolitical shocks that could easily destabilize sentiment if any one of them worsens. DKosig/iStock via Getty Images The resilience of global markets will be tested anew this week as investors grapple with the implications of three risks that could roil sentiment: slower economic growth, the Supreme Court’s ruling that President Trump’s tariffs are illegal, andThis article was written byJames Picerno6.93K FollowersFollowJames Picerno is the director of analytics at The Milwaukee Co., a wealth manager that is the adviser to The Brinsmere Funds, a pair of global asset allocation ETFs. He also edits CapitalSpectator.com and The US Business Cycle Research Report (CapitalSpectator.com/premium-research). He is the author of three books, including "Quantitative Investment Portfolio Analytics In R: An Introduction To R For Modeling Portfolio Risk and Return." Previously he was a financial journalist at Bloomberg and before that at Dow Jones.