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Breaking down Citibank’s playbook for 2025

by December 28, 2024
written by December 28, 2024

Investing.com — Citi analysts have unveiled their Q1 2025 equity strategy, emphasizing a more balanced approach amid evolving macroeconomic conditions and policy uncertainties.

Their “SIGN (Sector & Industry Group Navigator)” outlines key areas of focus for investors as the year unfolds.

The strategy incorporates a combination of growth, cyclical, and defensive plays, adapting to mixed signals in the economy.

Citi analysts caution that “Trump-related policy uncertainty during Q1” could amplify market noise.

They suggest investors prioritize sectors with strong fundamentals, reasonable valuations, and opportunities for margin improvement.

Citi recommends overweight positions in sectors such as Health Care, Communication Services, and Energy.

Health Care was moved to Overweight, with Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology leading the charge due to “right-sized” valuations and closer-to-inflection fundamentals.

Communication Services remains a strong pick, bolstered by robust growth drivers in Media & Entertainment and attractive valuations in Telecommunications.

The analysts also advocate for Semiconductors within the Information Technology space, citing the sector’s implied growth potential and ongoing margin expansion.

Conversely, Consumer Discretionary has been downgraded to underweight.

“Expectations appear extended versus consensus estimates,” Citi notes.

Citi said banks remain its favorite cyclical overweight, benefiting from improving deposit growth and loan repricing trends.

Energy is described as a “contrarian Overweight call,” with the potential for re-rating as fiscal stimulus and infrastructure investments gain momentum.

In defensive plays, Food, Beverage & Tobacco has been upgraded to overweight, with the fundamental outlook looking solid, “while the industry group trades near oversold levels.”

With potential tariff risks and geopolitical uncertainties on the horizon, Citi urges investors to align sector views with stock selection. They are Overweight three of the “Magnificent 7” stocks, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Meta (NASDAQ:META), and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Market Weight two, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Underweight Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA).

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