<h1>50:50 mutual fund joint venture warns markets may stay volatile one to two quarters, expects improvement after March</h1> A mutual fund joint venture, structured as a 50:50 partnership between a domestic financial services firm and a global asset manager, advised that markets may remain volatile for one to two quarters but are expected to improve after March as macroeconomic indicators and corporate earnings align. The fund's chief investment officer said projections rest on fundamental, macro and cyclical analysis, acknowledged past price declines and ongoing upside/downside data divergence, and forecast earnings stabilization within a couple of quarters that could support a resumption of the equity market's long-term uptrend.