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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise on hopes for a vaccine
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U.S. Treasury yields rose last week, as investors expressed optimism regarding developing a COVID-19 vaccine. The first 20-year Treasury issue in decades was auctioned on Wednesday, with the issue’s yield ending the week slightly lower.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Investment Commentary: We may be moving past the worst of the recession
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Stocks reversed course last week, with the S&P 500 Index rising 3.3%. Investors were encouraged by progress with vaccine trials, indications that the Federal Reserve would remain accommodative for the foreseeable future and preliminary signs that economic growth was starting to recover.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline on dismal consumer data
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Treasury yields fell last week, led by longer maturities. Markets focused on a record monthly decline in core consumer goods, despite better-than-expected sentiment and manufacturing data.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks climb even as economic data worsens
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After falling the previous two weeks, stock prices rebounded last week due to increasing optimism over prospects for re-opening the economy.
Market Outlooks
Economic Data Reflects Shutdown, but Market Rallies
After one of the worst months and quarters in years, April saw a sharp rebound in equity markets as some of the worst-case COVID-19 scenarios did not materialize.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yield curve steepens amid risk-friendly sentiment
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10- and 30-year Treasury yields rose last week while shorter maturity rates fell, steepening the Treasury yield curve.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Investment Commentary: Sentiment is slowly improving, but risks remain high
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Stocks started the week in a positive direction before dropping sharply on Thursday and Friday. We think this sort of volatility is likely to persist for some time.
Market Outlooks
Dark clouds to clearer skies
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A torrent of events in 2020’s first quarter rattled the global economy and markets. What’s the outlook for investors for the rest of the year? Join Phil Orlando, R.J. Gallo and Linda Duessel as they share insights.
Macroeconomic & Geopolitical
Locking in near-term profits
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Expecting challenging fundamental news in coming weeks, we pared our allocation to equities.