Year of the Rat reflections: The Fed’s rate cuts and standout assets

At the beginning of every Chinese New Year, AsianInvestor makes 10 predictions about economic, political and financial developments that are likely to have an impact on the way institutional investors allocate their funds. And then, one year later, we revisit these forecasts to see how well we did. Our second and third Year of the Rat forecasts focused on whether the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates, and which assets were set to perform best – and worst.    Will the F…