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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.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Equity prices rise again, largely erasing recent losses
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Equity markets extended their gains for a second week, following a four-week losing streak. Investor sentiment was boosted by news that the U.S. and China plan to meet early next month to discuss trade issues, although it is still unclear how much progress may be made.
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Weekly Wire: Was that big market drop really so big? Why context is key.
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Context is key to analyzing and understanding the economy and markets and making informed decisions that lead to successful investment outcomes. Nowhere is context more important than near-term stock market moves, particularly when it comes to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow).
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Weekly Market Snapshot: September 6, 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.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline amid risk-on sentiment
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U.S. Treasury yields closed slightly lower last week, with less volatile intra-week shifts. Longer maturities led the decline, and the yield curve flattened further.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Trade tensions continue to cause economic damage
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A sense of easing in the ongoing U.S./China trade dispute helped investor sentiment last week, as did an overall feeling that prices may have fallen too far too quickly. Equities rallied last week, breaking a four-week losing streak, with the S&P 500 Index climbing 2.8%.1
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Weekly Wire: Don’t get down if the markets aren’t dancing in September
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It’s been a positive – if somewhat bumpy – year for US equities, with the S&P 500 Index (S&P 500) up about 17% in 2019, despite pullbacks of about 7% in May and August. The robust performance of the US stock market isn’t surprising given the US economy has grown about 2.5% year-to-date, corporate profits are up year over year (albeit modestly), unemployment is low, consumer confidence is high, and inflation is muted.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: August 30, 2019
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields mixed due to global trade and the Fed
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U.S. Treasury yields closed mixed last week, with the 2-year ending higher and longer maturities unchanged or slightly lower. But the weekly change masked intra-week volatility. Friday saw the biggest shift, in response to China’s announcement of retaliatory tariffs.