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Global Weekly Commentary: Volatility a key feature of new regime
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The plunge in long-term U.S. Treasury yields last week on news of slowing U.S. inflation shows volatility is persistent in the new regime of greater macro uncertainty.
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Student of the Market: November 2023
Stay on top of the changing market environments by learning from their historical parallels.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Hawkish Fed rhetoric boosts Treasury yields
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U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly last week. U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Powell signaled no urgency to continue hiking rates, while pushing back against market pricing for aggressive rate cuts next year. Nevertheless, spread sectors generally performed well.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stronger earnings point to emerging opportunities
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The EM landscape isn’t monolithic, but we’re finding opportunities among economies where growth is outperforming expectations, while exercising caution toward those with sluggish macro conditions or thorny idiosyncratic risks.
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Global Weekly Commentary: AI: a mega force driving returns
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The buzz about AI is getting louder, with tech shares maintaining their outperformance and major players getting ready to roll out new AI tools.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline as central banks hold steady
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The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield declined substantially last week after major central banks – including the U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England – kept interest rates steady and economic data disappointed versus expectations.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Where to allocate as the Fed hesitates
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Cause for pause: Economy grows, inflation slows. Equity and fixed income markets rallied in the wake of last week’s U.S. Federal Reserve decision to keep its benchmark fed funds rate unchanged for the second meeting in a row.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Going granular in DM stocks
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Markets rallied last week from multi-month lows after central banks kept rates steady and signs emerged of slowing U.S. wage growth, highlighting the volatility of the new macro regime. What got lost in the shuffle: Central banks have signaled policy rates are staying high for longer.
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The Fed remains on hold, but proceeding carefully
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Tony Rodriguez summarizes the outcome of the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.
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Why There’s Little Cushion to Absorb an Oil Shock
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Beyond the human tragedy unfolding in Israel, we acknowledge the risk of escalation in the region and what it could mean for oil prices.
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The case for low volatility and high dividend equities in international markets
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There are reasons to be cautious in many markets, but low volatility and high/sustainable dividend stocks can help mitigate risk while providing income and equity exposure. The Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions Team weighs in.
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Government incentives accelerating the shift to green energy
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Many government policies—both carrots and sticks—are driving the global transition to greener energy systems. In this piece, we compare regulatory sticks, like carbon pricing, with carrots like feed-in tariffs that subsidized solar renewables. We also discuss the role the quickly developing global industrial policy race is playing in catalyzing investments.