‘Stay the course.' Citi Urges Investors to Stick With US
Citigroup Inc. says investors shouldn't pull out of the US even as the economy slows and companies revise earnings downwards amid a growing trade war, according to a wealth management executive in Asia.
'We don't recommend clients exit the US markets altogether,' Yeo Wenxian said in an interview with Haslinda Amin at Bloomberg's New Voices event Wednesday in Singapore.
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