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Lump Sum Payouts from Pension Plans
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The IRS recently announced that it will allow plan sponsors to pay out pensions as a lump sum to plan participants. In this video BMO Global Asset Management discusses what considerations should be made by plan sponsors and plan participants before choosing lump sum as an option.
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BMO Market Charts - August 5th, 2020
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Amid uncertainty surrounding economic conditions and corporate performance, the percentage of S&P 500 companies with EPS off 50% or more from estimates has risen substantially.
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AAM Viewpoints: Free Cash for Sale!
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In the face of recession sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, actions by Congress and the Federal Reserve saturated the money markets, capital markets, and consumers’ pockets with $2.3 trillion of liquidity and a near-zero fed funds rate.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: July 31, 2020
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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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AAM Viewpoints: Key Determinant of Severity of a Recession the Degree of Market and Economic Liquidity
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In the book “A Brief History of Doom” by Richard Vague, he lays out that since the 1800s there have been six different types of financial crises: external and internal sovereign debt, stock market, inflation, currency and financial or as he details, lending and private debt.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: July 24, 2020
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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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AAM Viewpoints: 2020 Mid-Year Fixed Income Review
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The first half of 2020 was a tale of two very different markets. The first quarter (Q1) was one for the record books as many of us looked forward to an end to the global lockdown and a return to normalcy.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: July 17, 2020
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BMO Market Charts - July 13th, 2020
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Prior to Q2 2020, the S&P 500® has had eleven quarters with a 15% or greater total return since 1950. The following quarter’s return averaged 7% and was positive ten of eleven times.
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AAM Viewpoints: What do Valuations Typically do in the aftermath of Bear Markets?
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The broad equity market as measured by the S&P 500 index has rebounded sharply off the March 23 lows gaining 41.7% (price basis) as of this writing (3/23/20 to 7/08/20).
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Weekly Market Snapshot: July 10, 2020
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Weekly Market Snapshot: July 03, 2020
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