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AAM Viewpoints: Be Ready to Lock-in Yields When The Opportunity Arises
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As the election approaches, market participants are being more cautious about their investment decisions. While there are a lot of market-centric reasons for this approach, there are as many non-market related ones as well.
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Weekly Wire: Something worth paying attention to other than the election
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What – other than the election – should be commanding investor attention these days? Our vote would be the bond market. To help put politics and the bond market in the same neat little box, we turn to renowned political consultant James Carville, who in the early 1990s said, “I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or a .400 baseball hitter.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Ballot Initiatives: Buyer Beware
While early voting lines might be much longer this year (multiple news outlets reported massive waits in Florida on Monday, for example, where it was the first day of early voting), voters’ actual ballots could be much shorter.
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AAM Viewpoints: Can Dividends Help Find A Balance?
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Dividend-paying equities are a cornerstone for many investors. Like many things, 2020 has proven difficult for this segment of the market as returns have been concentrated in other areas and dividend payments have come under pressure.
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Weekly Wire: When it comes to the election, what is the market “pricing in?”
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Investors pay attention to the stock market not just because they are investing in it, but because they consider the market one of – if not the most – accurate of all leading indicators. Said differently, the market, in its infinite wisdom, will lead the real economy and will tell us where the world is headed.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
The Fate of the Filibuster
The hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett have almost concluded and it is likely the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve her nomination later today.
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AAM Viewpoints: The Active Non-Transparent ETFS (ANTS) Go Marching
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Despite all the headwinds facing global markets in 2020, the U.S. Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) market is thriving.
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Weekly Wire: Have we seen this movie before?
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Before we dive into the weekly wire there are two BIG disclaimers we need to address. First, we are not determining which political party bears responsibility for the state of fiscal stimulus negotiations.
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Weekly Wire: An unsettled world becomes more so
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An unsettled world – a pandemic, a contentious election, a strained political and cultural discourse, unrest in our streets – has become more so with news President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19.
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Weekly Wire: Quarter-end Q&A 3Q2020
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Tim Holland, CFA, Global Investment Strategist, asks and answers three top-of-mind questions as investors receive their quarterly statements and reflect on the past quarter:
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
The Health of the Ticket
The health of U.S. presidents, and presidential candidates, is often and understandably an issue of interest and concern to the electorate.