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In November, we remain moderately overweight stocks, focused on quality and defensive factors over those more sensitive to changes in the economy. Optimize your portfolios with our monthly outlook and allocation guidance.
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Market outlook Overall risk-neutral stance and focus on risk management

Resilient economic strength has continued.1 Higher global yields and tight financial conditions have reverberated across asset classes, as stocks and spread-sensitive sectors began to waver. Concerns over the speed of the artificial intelligence (AI) buildout, the future trajectory of earnings growth, and political risks around midterm elections can warrant diversification.

Decelerating global risk appetite, when combined with above-trend economic growth levels, has suggested that the global regime remains in a slowdown for the seventh consecutive month.1

We continue to maintain an overall risk-neutral stance and a focus on risk management. We remain moderately overweight stocks relative to bonds, favoring defensive factors such as quality and low volatility and sectors with defensive characteristics such as information technology, health care, and consumer staples. In bonds, we maintain a moderate underweight to overall credit risk and use interest rate duration to hedge against downside growth risks.

Business cycle

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  • Recession doesn’t appear imminent
  • Credit spreads are widening modestly

Risk profile

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  • Risk appetite has cooled
  • Leading economic indicators point to resilience

Policy implications

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  • Inflation reaccelerating
  • Policy outlook less clear

Business cycle

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  • Resilient growth
  • Improving productivity

Risk profile

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  • Leading economic indicators accelerate
  • Market-based indicators improve

Policy implications

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  • Inflation expectations moderate
  • Federal Reserve returns to easing mode

Business cycle

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  • Deteriorating activity
  • Widening credit spreads
  • Tightening lending conditions

Risk profile

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  • Deteriorating leading economic indicators
  • Flight to quality 

Policy implications

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  • Shift towards easier policy

Asset allocations to consider Diversified, moderate overweight to stocks

A challenge for tactical investors is preparing for the expected and anticipating the unexpected. The tactical asset allocation (TAA) framework from the Invesco Solutions team is designed to enhance a long-term strategic asset allocation (SAA) by making portfolio tilts based on near-term market views.

The tactical, dynamic factor rotation shown below is also utilized in the Invesco Russell 1000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF (OMFL).



  • The Invesco Solutions team develops portfolios for client-oriented outcomes over multiple time horizons. Our tactical asset allocation (TAA), regime-based framework dynamically adjusts exposures to asset classes, regions, sectors, and factors, to create multi-asset portfolios designed for the prevailing macroeconomic environment. Strategic asset allocation (SAA) positioning is derived from our rigorous investment process, which consists of long-term capital market assumptions (CMAs), portfolio optimization, and risk management.



  • The Invesco Solutions team develops portfolios for client-oriented outcomes over multiple time horizons. Our tactical asset allocation (TAA), regime-based framework dynamically adjusts exposures to asset classes, regions, sectors, and factors, to create multi-asset portfolios designed for the prevailing macroeconomic environment. Strategic asset allocation (SAA) positioning is derived from our rigorous investment process, which consists of long-term capital market assumptions (CMAs), portfolio optimization, and risk management.



  • The Invesco Solutions team develops portfolios for client-oriented outcomes over multiple time horizons. Our tactical asset allocation (TAA), regime-based framework dynamically adjusts exposures to asset classes, regions, sectors, and factors, to create multi-asset portfolios designed for the prevailing macroeconomic environment. Strategic asset allocation (SAA) positioning is derived from our rigorous investment process, which consists of long-term capital market assumptions (CMAs), portfolio optimization, and risk management.

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    Sources: Bloomberg L.P., Macrobond, Invesco Solutions and Custom Strategies research and calculations. Proprietary Leading Economic Indicators of Invesco Solutions and Custom Strategies. Macro regime data as of Oct. 31, 2026. The Leading Economic Indicators (LEIs) are proprietary, forward-looking measures of the level of economic growth. The Global Risk Appetite Cycle Indicator (GRACI) is a proprietary measure of the markets’ risk sentiment.