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Macro Picture Continues to Be Supportive, Coutts Says

Bloomberg Markets Friday 07 August 2026, 07:46 UTC 1 min read
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Aug 7th, 2026 Macro Picture Continues to Be Supportive, Coutts Says Fahad Kamal, CIO at Coutts, discusses maintaining an overweight position on risk assets driven by a positive macroeconomic environment, supportive labor market data and AI investment. "Everything that we've heard in the earnings reports would suggest that this carries on for now," he tells Bloomberg Television.

Aug 7th, 2026 Macro Picture Continues to Be Supportive, Coutts Says Fahad Kamal, CIO at Coutts, discusses maintaining an overweight position on risk assets driven by a positive macroeconomic environment, supportive labor market data and AI investment. "Everything that we've heard in the earnings reports would suggest that this carries on for now," he tells Bloomberg Television.
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