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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks rebound after sharp slide
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U.S. equities rebounded last week, with the S&P 500 Index gaining 1.9%.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: A sharp risk-off trade returns
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Stocks snapped a three-week winning streak as markets sank sharply last week. Worries about an uptick in coronavirus cases, the Federal Reserve’s downbeat assessment of long-term economic growth and President Trump’s declining poll numbers all contributed to negative sentiment.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks rally on better employment and economic news
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The S&P 500 Index rose 4.7% last week, posting its third weekly gain of 3% or more for the first time in 38 years.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks break out to the upside on economic and vaccine hopes
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Stocks rose again last week, marking the first time since mid-April that equities enjoyed gains for two consecutive weeks.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How will dividend stocks respond to COVID-19?
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The volatility fueled by the coronavirus outbreak is reminiscent of prior periods of market stress in which investors worried that dividend-paying companies would decrease or suspend their payments. Although 2020 could prove to be the most challenging year for dividend payers since the financial crisis, the sector make-up and impact of dividend cuts should be different. Additionally, many companies appear financially healthy and therefore able to maintain, increase or initiate dividends, despite the uncertainty. Our outlook for dividend sustainability is thus cautiously optimistic.