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AAM Viewpoints: Let’s party like it’s 1999!
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As the calendar changed from 2020 to 2021, I can’t help but find an environment that is truly surreal. We have a raging global pandemic on our hands that is getting markedly worse on a day-by-day basis, we have vaccines that are sitting in warehouses being administered at one-tenth the rate that is necessary to accomplish the task at hand and we have millions without a job with difficult prospects of getting one in the near future.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: January 22, 2021
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BMO Market Charts - January 25, 2021
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2020 was a record year for stocks - for the first time in four decades, the S&P 500 finished the year with a double-digit gain after suffering an intra-year drawdown of more than 30%.
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AAM Viewpoints: Equity market side effects of the covid-19 vaccine
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The 337 days spanning the World Health Organization’s announcement of COVID-19 to the FDA approval of the first vaccine the world witnessed many social, economic, and scientific events few thought possible.
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BMO Market Charts - January 19, 2021
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Economic stimulus in perspective: the stimulus response to the COVID-19 crisis has meaningfully outpaced the response to the 2008 financial crisis, according to research by McKinsey & Co.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: January 15, 2021
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AAM Viewpoints: Light at the end of the tunnel
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The year 2020 and the start of 2021 will be burned into the collective consciousness for quite some time for a myriad of reasons and given this we probably shouldn’t rehash every headline here. However, from an investment standpoint we can summarize 2020 very simply as:
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BMO Market Charts - January 11, 2021
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As interest rates have fallen, it has become increasingly difficult to generate income. At the end of 1980, less than $10k invested in the 10-Year US Treasury Bond would have generated $1k of annual income. Today, an investment of $108k would be needed to do the same.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: January 08, 2021
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Sustainable Investing
Influencing for good: 20 years of engagement
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The way investors conduct engagement has transformed. From a niche approach largely confined to mission-orientated investors, engagement is now a mainstream investor activity. The success of the Climate Action 100+ initiative in bringing together investors, representing close to US$40 trillion in assets, shows how far we have come.
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ESG Viewpoint – COVID-19 and the pharmaceutical industry
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Public trust in the pharmaceutical industry has eroded. The pandemic provides drug-makers a chance to begin re-building their reputation – but only if they prioritise socially responsible practices.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: January 7, 2021
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