{"id":32499,"date":"2026-04-17T10:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/?p=32499"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:34:30","slug":"a-resilient-rally-for-us-equities-but-economic-headwinds-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/insights\/a-resilient-rally-for-us-equities-but-economic-headwinds-persist","title":{"rendered":"A resilient rally for U.S. equities, but economic headwinds persist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n      The S&amp;P 500 has delivered a nearly textbook performance so far during\n      this Middle East crisis compared to average returns surrounding prior\n      military interventions:\n    <\/p>\n    <ul class=\"list-spaced\">\n      <li>\n        The index experienced a 7.8 percent pullback from the onset of U.S. and\n        Israeli strikes on Iran through March 30 compared to the 6.0 percent\n        average decline\n      <\/li>\n      <li>\n        A quick V-shaped recovery then followed, bringing the index to a\n        slightly higher level than it was before this conflict began\n      <\/li>\n      <li>\n        This journey took only 30 trading sessions, similar to the average of 28\n        sessions in\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/insights\/then-and-now-market-reactions-to-military-conflicts-and-what-they-mean-today\"\n          title=\"Then and now: Market reactions to military conflicts and what they mean today\"\n          >19 of the 20 prior episodes<\/a\n        >\n      <\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n    <p>\n      Then the S&amp;P 500 climbed to a new all-time high on Wednesday on\n      further optimism about the ceasefire and U.S.-Iranian negotiations, and\n      the related decline in crude oil prices.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      We think another important factor has pushed the market higher as well:\n      upward revisions to S&amp;P 500 consensus earnings estimates (especially\n      in the Information Technology sector) even as the Middle East crisis\n      unfolded, and a good start to the Q1 earnings results reporting season\n      from the Financials sector.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Furthermore, we see evidence that some fast-money hedge funds were not\n      well-positioned for the swift, snapback rally. As the market ticked higher\n      and higher, it likely engendered more and more buying from this group.\n    <\/p>\n    <!-- SECTION -->\n    <h2>Crude oil no longer flashing red<\/h2>\n    <p>\n      The U.S. and global equity rebound has occurred amid crude oil prices\n      shifting from flashing red to yellow.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      The price of physical Brent oil sold to buyers retreated to about $116 per\n      barrel on Thursday, according to Bloomberg, down from a peak of $144 per\n      barrel on April 7.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      While that is still quite lofty and well above the Brent futures (paper)\n      price, the latter has retreated as well, to around $99 per barrel in\n      midday trading during the same session.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      RBC Capital Markets, LLC\u2019s Head of Global Commodity Strategy and Middle\n      East and North Africa Research Helima Croft wrote, \u201cFrom our standpoint,\n      we certainly see scope for the continuation of the ceasefire, as a respite\n      from drone and missile attacks is likely advantageous for both sides.\n      However, as long as the molecules are not moving through the Strait, the\n      economic cost will mount ahead of summer, even if market participants\n      continue to price in a peace dividend.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n    <!-- SECTION -->\n    <h2>Inflation to tick higher<\/h2>\n    <p>\n      Despite signs of de-escalation in the Middle East crisis, many developed\n      and emerging economies are now grappling with inflation and economic\n      growth headwinds caused by the energy price shock.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      The impact appears less acute for the U.S. but is not immaterial, from our\n      vantage point.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 3.3 percent in March, surging\n      nearly 1.0 percent compared to the previous month, a pace reached only\n      during serious bouts of inflation, including those in the 1970s and early\n      1980s.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      No surprise, the culprit was mainly higher gasoline prices, which shot up\n      21.2 percent month over month.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Following the inflation report, RBC Economics raised its full-year 2026\n      CPI forecast to 3.2 percent, a bit higher than the 3.1 percent consensus\n      forecast.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Assuming oil prices don\u2019t leap again and the crisis is resolved soon, our\n      economists expect inflation to peak at 3.7 percent in Q2 before pulling\n      back to 3.0 percent by year end, not much higher than where it stood\n      earlier this year.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Normally, a brief bout of 3.0 percent-plus inflation can be absorbed by\n      households and businesses without much trouble. But this is happening on\n      top of a significant inflation wave.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Consider that on a cumulative basis, consumer prices have risen over\n      27 percent since COVID hit in early 2020\u2014and that\u2019s just the official\n      data. We suspect reality is higher.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      If energy prices remain elevated for a prolonged period or increase\n      again\u2014in other words, should the Strait of Hormuz take longer to open up\n      than markets are currently assuming\u2014this new bout of inflation could\n      become more broadly entrenched in the economy, hitting goods and services\n      prices (a.k.a. core inflation).\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      If a lengthy energy supply shock unfolds, strains on global supply chains\n      could surface.\n    <\/p>\n    <!-- EXHIBIT 1-->\n    <h3>\n      RBC sees higher U.S. inflation and lower growth than the consensus\n      forecast\n    <\/h3>\n    <h4>\n      Progression of 2026 consensus forecasts and current RBC Economics\n      forecasts\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"row mb-4\">\n      <div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-10 col-xxs-12\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\"\n          src=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/global\/resilient-rally-but-headwinds-persist-en-chart-1.png\"\n          alt=\"Progression of 2026 consensus forecasts and current RBC Economics forecasts\"\n          class=\"img-fluid mb-1-half\"\n          aria-describedby=\"ex1desc\"\n        \/>\n        <ul class=\"rbc-legend\">\n          <li class=\"rbc-legend-item\">\n            <div class=\"rbc-legend-line c-dark-blue-tint-1\"><\/div>\n            2026 CPI consensus forecast\n          <\/li>\n          <li class=\"rbc-legend-item\">\n            <div class=\"rbc-legend-line c-warm-yellow\"><\/div>\n            2026 GDP consensus forecast\n          <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p class=\"disclaimer\">\n          Source &#8211; RBC Wealth Management Fixed Income Strategies, RBC Economics,\n          Bloomberg; data through 4\/10\/26\n        <\/p>\n        <p class=\"sr-only\" id=\"ex1desc\">\n          The chart shows the progression of the 2026 consensus U.S. Consumer\n          Price Index (CPI) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) forecasts for 2026\n          starting in September 2025 through April 10, 2026 along with current\n          RBC Economics forecasts for both. The CPI forecast began at 2.9%, then\n          drifted lower, reaching 2.63% in early March 2026. It moved up\n          slightly thereafter and then jumped to above 3.0% in late March,\n          before settling at 3.1% recently. RBC&#8217;s current CPI forecast is shown\n          at 3.2%. The consensus GDP forecast started at 1.8% and drifted up in\n          November and December 2025. It then jumped in January 2026 and moved\n          higher in early March, peaking at 2.5%. It started to move lower in\n          mid-March and has moved down to 2.2% recently. RBC&#8217;s current GDP\n          forecast is shown at 1.8%.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <!-- SECTION -->\n    <h2>GDP growth to slow<\/h2>\n    <p>\n      When the Middle East crisis began, the U.S. economy looked like it was on\n      relatively solid footing. However, downward revisions to prior data by the\n      Bureau of Economic Analysis indicate the economy instead had been somewhat\n      wobbly.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      In April, Q4 2025 GDP growth was revised lower for the second time, to\n      only 0.5 percent, whereas the initial reading had been 1.4 percent back in\n      February.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      RBC Economics recently cut its 2026 GDP growth forecast to 1.8 percent,\n      beneath the 2.2 percent long-term average and consensus forecast. By way\n      of comparison, GDP growth was 2.1 percent in 2025.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Since 1990, below-trend GDP growth between 1.1 percent and 2.0 percent has\n      delivered mid-single-digit S&amp;P 500 price returns (not including\n      dividends), on average, according to RBC Capital Markets.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Our economists still don\u2019t see elevated recession risks at this point.\n      Households should be able to tap into savings to blunt the immediate\n      inflation impact before pulling back on spending on non-energy goods and\n      services.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      Furthermore, we think high-income households\u2014those that benefit the most\n      from the \u201cwealth effect\u201d associated with stock market gains and the cohort\n      that impacts overall American household spending far more than others\u2014are\n      unlikely to rein in spending much despite the challenging inflation\n      period. The stock market rally has helped, and this group has significant\n      savings and is the biggest beneficiary of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act\u2019s\n      approximately $50 billion of additional income tax refunds.\n    <\/p>\n    <!-- SECTION -->\n    <h2>A window of time for the economy<\/h2>\n    <p>\n      RBC Global Asset Management Inc.\u2019s Chief Economist Eric Lascelles wrote,\n      \u201cThe economic rule of thumb is that spillover effects should be limited\n      until an energy shock has lasted for three to six months, at which point the danger\n      starts to grow. This war is currently just 1.5 months old and has a good\n      chance of being resolved before that danger zone is entered.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n      We continue to recommend that investors remain committed to equities in\n      portfolios up to but not beyond the long-term strategic asset allocation\n      level.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. stock market\u2019s resilience was on display after hitting an all-time high as Middle East crisis risks de-escalated. 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