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Fixed Income Insights
Premium bonds may offer better relative value
Investors often favor par bonds over premium bonds, believing that a lower dollar price will translate into higher returns. While par bonds may have a lower dollar price, premium bonds may offer a higher actual rate of return in various market scenarios. The two types of bonds are priced and perform differently, as we discuss in this paper.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Market Snapshot: November 29, 2019
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Read the Weekly Market Snapshot to stay up-to-date with stock markets and sectors, bond market returns and financial news for the week.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Is this the new normal?
Pyrford International provide a snapshot of the UK economy as it inches closer to Brexit.
Market Outlooks
There’s politics and then there’s everything else
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Politics upstaged the global economy, monetary policy and even trade tensions late in the third quarter as House Democrats began an impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline as markets assess political discord
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U.S. Treasury yields fell slightly last week, led by 2-year maturities. Political concerns weighed on market sentiment, and escalating U.S./ China trade tensions and weakening consumer confidence data added to investor concerns.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline, but stop short of a broader risk-off move
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U.S. Treasury yields dropped significantly last week, led by longer maturities. As expected, the Federal Reserve (Fed) cut rates, although future guidance regarding policy was unclear.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Wire: The US continues to lead the global equity market race
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When it comes to the global equity market race, well, it hasn’t been much of a race. With US equities – as measured by the S&P 500 Index (S&P 500) – up 254% over the past 10 years and 18% in 2019 vs. developed international equities – as measured by the MSCI EAFE Index – up 74% and 10% and emerging international equities – as measured by the MSCI EM Index – up 90% and 7%, respectively, through the end of August.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise on improving trade, shifting Fed outlook
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U.S. Treasury yields rose dramatically last week, led by longer maturities. Several maturity ranges experienced their largest weekly increase since late 2016. Investor sentiment was bolstered by an improving outlook for U.S./China trade and near certain expectations for another Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut this week.
Market Outlooks
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.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Positive investor sentiment buoys yields
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U.S. Treasury yields rose last week as investor sentiment improved, led by longer maturities. After a soft start due to weak U.S. manufacturing data and geopolitical concerns, market sentiment was boosted by improved prospects for Brexit and a sense of easing tensions in Hong Kong and U.S./China trade talks.