Buoyed by the Magnificent Seven, the first half of the year saw strong results for investors. But there are headwinds on the horizon — Fed policy changes, geopolitical tensions, and other factors that could impact market results.

Join the experts at State Street Global Advisors, Astoria Portfolio Advisors, and Clark Capital Management Group as they explore three takeaways from State Street Global Advisor's Midyear ETF Market Outlook: diversifying away from the Magnificent Seven, optimizing income through short-term core and credit, and positioning for macro volatility through real assets.

Inflation! Deflation! Noflation! Stagflation! How’s an advisor supposed to parse conflicting headlines and hyperbolic narratives that seem to whipsaw markets, CPI print after CPI print? We’re here to help.

In this one-hour webinar, VettaFi’s Financial Futurist Dave Nadig sits down with TD Bank Senior Economist, Andrew Hencic, and Astoria Portfolio Advisors CEO/CIO, John Davi, to discuss how real-world advisors should be thinking about the global inflation cycle and today’s interest rate environment.

We have recently been reminded how important it is to incorporate defensive strategies into our clients’ portfolios to help weather the storm of turbulent markets. After an extended bull market of over 10 years, we see again that significant market corrections can be triggered by various factors ─ and we often don’t see them coming. For this reason, we must attempt to always be prepared. Certain asset classes, by their nature, will react more sharply during highly volatile times, while others can provide a way to stay in the markets with a more defensive stance.

Please join Direxion for this informative webcast to learn about various strategies that strive to offer stability to your portfolio. Session topics will include:

• Finding the asset classes that tend to offer more stability during volatile markets
• Exploring how a high-quality equity strategy may be prudent to help dampen volatility
• Applying sensible hedging strategies to offset anticipated equity losses

Additionally, we will hear from Astoria Portfolio Advisors’ John Davi regarding their economic outlook and market perspective for these historic times.

This isn't the time in the cycle to take excessive risk. The easy money has already been made. Astoria's 2019 playbook is as follows: late cycle economic forces + desynchronized global growth + a deteriorating earnings cycle = the need for more defensive posturing across stocks and bonds.