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Weekly Investment Commentary: Equity volatility picks up amid higher inflation data
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Global equity markets declined last week, notching their worst weekly loss since the last week of February.
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Save Should Not Mean Sacrifice
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Portfolio Manager Nick Maroutsos believes that capital preservation and attractive risk-adjusted returns are not mutually exclusive despite zero-interest rate policy across much of the developed world.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Equities shrug off employment miss
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Most broad-based indexes appreciated last week, with the S&P 500 enjoying its third consecutive week of gains and rising seven out of the past eight.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Inflation expectations rise as Treasury yields fall
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U.S. Treasury yields declined last week, though inflation expectations rose, as the fall was entirely driven by lower real yields and expectations for a slower pace of eventual Federal Reserve policy tightening. Economic data weakened, with a large downside miss in the April jobs report.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Rising inflation concerns drag on returns
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U.S. Treasury yields rose last week and the yield curve steepened, as the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) kept policy unchanged. The moves were driven by higher inflation expectations, as the Fed doubled down on its commitment to let the economy run hot, which benefited credit sectors.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: We see several reasons for increased selectivity
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With the exception of the S&P 500 (+0.04%), broad-based equity indexes fell modestly last week, due in large part to weakness on Friday, the last trading day of the month. April was a strong month for equities as the S&P 500, DJIA and NASDAQ each added between 2% and 5%.