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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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Global Asset Allocation Viewpoints and Investment Environment
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Pledges of fiscal spending have been quick to follow actions taken by major central banks to combat the looming impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. G-20 countries have pledged more than $5 trillion USD in stimulus through a wide range of avenues to stave off the effects on the global economy.
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Strategas Insight - Vigilance and the Journey Ahead
The intersection of crisis and the human experience is fascinating. In isolation—one person, one crisis—a circumstance beyond our control can present seemingly insurmountable odds; lives are defined by these experiences.
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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.