Q1 Market Update: A great start to the year, is there more to come?

The first quarter is now behind us and what a first quarter it was for equity markets. The fears of recession that we have been living with the last couple of years are fading into the background as the global economy continues to perform better than many expected as inflation continues to soften. The expectation is that inflation will need more time to get to the 2% level that central banks are aiming for, but it is moving in the right direction.