Kate Moore of Citi believes that a flat or rising interest rate environment will disadvantage smaller companies that rely on borrowing to compete with their large-cap counterparts.

Kate Moore of Citi prefers to take risk asset exposure in equities over credit, as equity valuations have decreased during 2026 due to strong earnings growth.

Kate Moore of Citi is not buying long-duration bonds because her firm's view is that inflation will be more persistent and broader than expected for quarters to come.

Kate Moore of Citi believes the Federal Reserve has overshot its inflation target for the past five years.

Kate Moore of Citi argues that a higher-for-longer interest rate environment will disadvantage smaller, borrowing-reliant companies compared to their large-cap counterparts.

Kate Moore's team at Citi prefers to take risk asset exposure in equities over credit, citing that equity valuations have come down significantly in 2026 while credit valuations remain near 15-year hi...

Kate Moore of Citi believes inflation will be more persistent and broader than many expect for quarters to come, leading her firm to be underweight duration in portfolios.

Kate Moore of Citi found it important that Fed Chair Kevin Warsh acknowledged the Fed has been overshooting its inflation target for five years, signaling a commitment to active policy to reach the go...

Kate Moore of Citi prefers to take risk asset exposure in equities over credit, as equity valuations have stepped down in 2026 while credit valuations remain near 15-year highs.

Kate Moore stated that Citi has been very underweight duration in its portfolios and is not yet a buyer of long-duration bonds.

Kate Moore of Citi believes Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's comment about focusing on the 'left of the decimal point' for the inflation target reaffirms a commitment to a 2% goal, not '2 and something'.

Kate Moore of Citi believes the current rate environment will disadvantage smaller, rate-sensitive companies that need to borrow, tilting size exposure towards large-cap companies.

Kate Moore of Citi asserts that the equity market is primarily driven by earnings from the AI ecosystem and related capital expenditures, making it less coupled with the Federal Reserve's interest rat...

Kate Moore's team at Citi prefers taking risk asset exposure in equities over credit, citing that equity valuations have come down significantly in 2023 while credit valuations remain near 15-year hig...

Kate Moore of Citi believes inflation will be more persistent and broader than many expect for quarters to come, leading her team to be very underweight duration in their portfolios.

Kate Moore of Citi considers it unlikely that the Federal Reserve will put rate hikes on the table for the second half of the year.

Kate Moore of Citi believes the equity market is more focused on the strong corporate earnings from companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet than on the Federal Reserve's decision.

Kate Moore asserts that the primary driver of the equity market has been earnings growth from the AI ecosystem and related capital expenditure beneficiaries, not monetary policy.

Kate Moore believes the near-term trajectory for interest rates is flat at best, which will negatively impact smaller, borrowing-reliant companies.

Due to its inflation outlook, Citi is positioned very underweight in duration in its portfolios.