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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks have made no forward progress for 18 months
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Trade headlines dominated investor attention last week, as high levels of market volatility persisted. The S&P 500 Index fell 3% on Monday before clawing back most of those losses to end the week down 0.4%. The defensive REITs and utilities sectors fared best, while energy and financials performed worst.
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AAM Viewpoints: Reasonable Municipal Downgrades?
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For the past several months, the rating agencies have been imposing new standards in the ratings of municipal revenue bonds by imposing ceilings on these ratings linked to the issuer’s general obligation (GO) pledge. This has resulted in downgrades of some well-known, and not-so-well-known, issuers despite no change in the fundamental credit profile of the revenue bond, or the related general obligation bond, issuer. In fact, some of these downgrades occurred in the face of an improving credit profile.
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Weekly Wire: Bizarro bonds – guaranteed to lose you money, and not just in a comic strip
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Fans of Superman – or Seinfeld – may be familiar with Bizarro World, a cubed planet far out in space that is inhabited by imperfect duplicates of Superman, Lois Lane, and their friends. In a nutshell, on Bizarro – relative to earth – up is down, hot is cold, good is bad, and beautiful is ugly.
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Global Markets Weekly Update: August 9, 2019
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Review the performance of global stock and bond markets over the past week, along with relevant insights from T. Rowe Price economists and investment professionals.
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Market Week in Review: The China-U.S. trade war escalates. Could a recession follow?
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s Aug. 1 threat to impose 10% tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports drew a swift response from China, which devalued its exchange rate and halted all agricultural purchases from the U.S. The retaliatory measures quickly sent markets into a tailspin, with both the S&P 500® Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average logging their steepest losses of the year on Aug. 5.
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What Jitters Over Trade Indicate About Markets
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A worsening of the U.S.-China trade dispute will likely cause volatility in the period ahead, reinforcing the importance of selectivity.
Client Experience
Rethink your assumptions around appetites for risk by gender
Assuming all women are afraid of investment risk can put opportunities at risk. Our survey of executive investors revealed that HNW breadwinner women are far less conservative than their male counterparts. Learn more.
Business Development
Envestnet Advisor Award Winners: Putting Principles Into Practice
Three advisors describe how they translate their values into powerful advice and consistent, thoughtful service for clients.