Debt Ceiling Drama Returns
By Lori Calvasina
Published May 3, 2023 | 7 min listen
This week in the podcast, we’re focusing on the debt ceiling. Two big things you need to know: First, we see debt ceiling drama as a contributor to choppiness in US equity markets later this year, though we ultimately expect a deal. This was a hot topic in our meetings with UK investors last week. Second, we see Health Care as one of the most vulnerable sectors in the short term but would be buyers on weakness.
Lori Calvasina
Managing Director & Head of U.S. Equity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets
Lori Calvasina joined RBC Capital Markets as Head of U.S. Equity Strategy in 2017 as a Managing Director. Having spent nearly two decades as an equity strategist at major investment banks, Lori is an expert on the US stock market, and regularly represents RBC in the financial media on Bloomberg and CNBC. Prior to joining RBC, Lori was a senior equity strategist at Credit Suisse from 2010 to 2017, covering Small/Mid Cap Strategy from 2010-2014 and both Small/Mid Cap and US Equity Strategy from 2015-2017. She spent the first ten years of her career at Citi in a variety of roles including lead Small/Mid Cap Strategist from 2007-2010. In both 2008 and 2009 Lori was ranked #2 in the Small Companies category in the Institutional Investor All America Research team poll. Lori is a graduate of the University of Virginia and its selective Government & Foreign Affairs’ Honors Program. In 2019, she was named to Crains New York’s list of Notable Women in Finance.
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