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Long before it was possible to “CC” an infinite number of recipients on virtually any and all electronic communications, a so-called “carbon copy” was the circulation method of old typed, or written documents, placed over carbon paper and the under-copy sheet itself. When copies of business letters were so produced, it was customary to use the acronym "CC," before a colon, and below the writer's signature, to inform the principal recipient that carbon copies had been made and distributed to the parties listed after the colon (Source: Wikipedia, December 2020).

Obviously, in today’s digital world, the idea of a physical carbon copy seems downright prehistoric. Even familiar marketing channels, like radio and television, are flirting with obsolescence, at least as far as new advertising dollars are concerned. Given that the cost of being added to the distribution list of an email, or social media post, is virtually nothing, there’s no wonder that your inbox/home feed is persistently jampacked with new material.

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With recent announcements about positive vaccine efficacy, combined with visibility around a credible distribution plan that can eventually create herd immunity, the pandemic era is likely close to its last innings. And thanks to historic stimulus in reaction to the onset of the pandemic, the real economy that is emerging from this crisis has a tremendous amount of underappreciated momentum. Major developed market (DM) central banks have increased global liquidity by a staggering $7.5 trillion in 2020, according to data from the Federal Reserve, the Congressional Budget Office and Bloomberg, representing nearly 30% year-over-year growth from an already large stockpile.

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In the bond world it is almost essential to go outside of high-quality fixed income to build a portfolio that might yield 3%-4%. In fact, emerging markets, securitized assets, and parts of the high yield debt universe are asset classes we would turn to in building the balanced portfolio of 2021. And in order to achieve the historical return of between 5.5% to 8% for a balanced portfolio, the equity portion of that portfolio would therefore need to return between 7% and 10%, presumably supplemented by an allocation to alternative assets. Interestingly, it is possible to meet such portfolio-level return while still holding more cash than has historically been the case, keeping some dry powder for opportunities that may arise in future, or as a buffer against near-term volatility.

While there are a number of tailwinds for broad EM in general, perhaps a commodity tailwind could help the commodity-producing subset of EM, including parts of Latin America, Emerging Europe and the Middle East and Africa. Many EM currencies tend to have a strong correlation with commodities, going back at least two decades, and a commodity-led tailwind can provide a virtuous lift to these countries’ prospects. As commodity prices rise, credit profiles strengthen, currencies strengthen, and purchasing power appreciates, allowing for demand to expand, which can drive commodity prices yet higher; restarting the cycle all over again.

Our conclusion

Our argument is built on the idea that what’s priced now doesn’t reflect what will be priced in the future. We instead identify exposures that capture sustainability using BlackRock’s proprietary sustainability metrics across asset classes. In our framework, whether these metrics have historically explained returns is secondary to whether they capture sustainability.

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