NASDAQ just hit a new record high – CIO Laura Lau on BNN

NASDAQ just hit a new record high. Despite high oil prices, Brompton CIO Laura Lau says earnings are what’s powering the S&P 500 – up roughly 30% year-over-year last season, a pace unheard of outside a recession.

Her picks to watch: financials, benefiting from high rates and rising loan growth, and AI infrastructure, where years-long supply chain backlogs are handing providers real pricing power.

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Laura Lau

Chief Investment Officer

Laura Lau has over 25 years of investment experience and is the Chief Investment Officer with Brompton Funds. Ms. Lau leads Brompton’s portfolio management team that oversees assets in primarily global and Canadian covered call mandates designed to generate income and lower volatility of returns.

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