franckreporter Investment briefing With the global risk appetite now showing signs of imminent recovery based on recent market trends, there is potential scope to add beta back into equity portfolios in our estimation. The consumer discretionary sector has led the way along with communications services and utilities so far in Q4 2023 earnings growth for the S&P 500 index. It has posted a 22% YoY growth in earnings from Q4 2022, as reported by FactSet analysis (Figure 1). For those investors with a more  ...