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AAM Viewpoints: Post-pandemic investment opportunities in Europe
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After many false starts, Europe is finally emerging from an incredibly difficult 18 months of battling Covid-19. As measured by data compiled by worldometers.info, 19 of the 25 nations with the highest Covid-19 death rates per million in the world were European.
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AAM Viewpoints: The great transitory debate. Breaking down the latest inflation numbers.
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Through the first half of 2021, fixed-income investors have been faced with their greatest fear: inflation.
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AAM Viewpoints: Welcome to the "Rorschach Market"
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The Rorschach inkblot test was created in 1921 to analyze how individuals who view the exact same picture perceive and interpret external reality.
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AAM Viewpoints – Inflation is a boon for value equities
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Generally, when inflations expectations are rising, we see value stocks favored more than growth stocks.
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AAM Viewpoints: Life’s Certainties: Death, taxes…and municipal bonds?
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In a November 1789 letter addressed to his good friend, Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Founding Father Benjamin Franklin shared that America was off to a great start and the recently established U.S. Constitution showed much promise but immediately added, “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.”
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AAM Viewpoints: The four layers of inflation
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As we entered 2021, we put the pivot point of the economy and market returns squarely on inflation.
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Nobody Likes to Pay More for Stuff. So Why Does The Fed?
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Given the shutting down of the economy last year, and the subsequent collapse in demand and prices, the year-on-year comparisons into 2021 pretty much guaranteed a dramatic jump in prices as the economy reopened; stressed supply chains are adding to inflationary pressures.
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AAM Viewpoints: A Jumpy Market Waiting for the Fed to Move
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Optimism in the economic recovery continues for both Federal Reserve and government officials though they are carefully walking a tightrope of language so as to not be too eager to raise rates too quickly.
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AAM Viewpoints: Liquidity: Historic gains lead to marginal drains
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As we entered 2021, we believed the year’s performances and allocations were heavily dependent on inflation and the recalibration many investors would have to take in an elevated inflationary environment.
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AAM Viewpoints: Rising rates: good or bad for dividends?
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With interest rates on the move – and consensus believing the trend will continue into 2023 – many investors, especially those searching for income, are grappling with the potential fall-out of rising rates on their portfolios.
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AAM Viewpoints: Stimulus, household savings, inflation
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The 30,000-foot headline message can read that the stimulus payments to individuals will provide additional monies for essential needs and/or to spend on goods and services that would fuel the recovery of the economy impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With significantly more cash in the hands of the consumer/household than before the pandemic, along with the trillions of dollars in government spending, it can be argued that the economy is set up for an inflationary period.
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AAM Viewpoints: Municipal markets get a shot in the arm as political tailwinds build
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Q1 2021 started out much the same way as Q1 2020 for US municipal markets, beginning with strong performance early in the year, only to be followed by volatility and a move to the downside.