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Weekly Investment Commentary: The 60/40 portfolio: What’s old is new again
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The ongoing viability of the traditional 60/40 stock/bond portfolio has been debated before, but in 2022 the venerable allocation suffered its worst year since the global financial crisis amid an equity bear market and sharply higher interest rates.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: AI rallies the tech troops as equities march higher
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Blockbuster potential, with some caveats. Part sci-fi cautionary tale, part celebration of the human capacity to love, Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence was released on a day in 2001 when the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closed 57% lower than its dot-com bubble peak.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Farmland: Cream of the inflation hedge crop?
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Real assets — historically an effective hedge against inflation — appear well-suited for the current backdrop.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Commercial real estate not vacant of opportunity
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Under the microscope, not under the bus. This spring’s banking sector turmoil has investors casting a wary eye on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
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Weekly Investment Commentary: You can't be too prepared as the debt deadline nears
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As the June 1 “X date” approaches, one thing investors can be certain of is that more uncertainty lies ahead. We can expect further volatility across equity and fixed income markets until we have greater clarity on the outcome — and probable impacts — of the U.S. debt ceiling negotiations.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Fed ready to rein in but not reverse rates
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In the first quarter, our Global Investment Committee upgraded its outlook on emerging markets equity and debt, a view we still hold. Last week’s likely pause in Fed rate hikes could be a catalyst for further weakening of the U.S. dollar, which has already declined about 6% from its October 2022 high relative to EM currencies.