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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks rise as they shrug off geopolitical risks
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The world and market attention last week was focused on the U.S. strike against Iran and mounting tensions in the Middle East. Yet markets largely looked past geopolitical risks and started 2020 on a strong note.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Markets need better economic and trade news to keep rising
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Since the summer, investors have grown significantly less pessimistic about the global economy and financial markets. Stock prices have been rising as investors have been moving money into equities.
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Patience Is A Virtue
In light of several recent economic events, this piece addresses the question of “where do we go from here?”.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Federated's Re-election Dashboard
A series of economic indicators that have historically been predictive of re-election results.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: We may be seeing a shift toward cyclical and value styles
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Global stock markets enjoyed a third week of gains, as global monetary policy continued to ease and as trade tensions lessened (or at least did not get worse). The European Central Bank ramped up its easing policies and the Federal Reserve looks set to cut rates this week, which helped the overall risk-on sentiment.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Equity prices rise again, largely erasing recent losses
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Equity markets extended their gains for a second week, following a four-week losing streak. Investor sentiment was boosted by news that the U.S. and China plan to meet early next month to discuss trade issues, although it is still unclear how much progress may be made.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline amid risk-on sentiment
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U.S. Treasury yields closed slightly lower last week, with less volatile intra-week shifts. Longer maturities led the decline, and the yield curve flattened further.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Trade tensions continue to cause economic damage
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A sense of easing in the ongoing U.S./China trade dispute helped investor sentiment last week, as did an overall feeling that prices may have fallen too far too quickly. Equities rallied last week, breaking a four-week losing streak, with the S&P 500 Index climbing 2.8%.1