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Weekly Market Snapshot: December 18, 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.
Sustainable Investing
Green bonds: Financing the transition to a new economy
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Green bonds are a type of fixed income instrument where the proceeds raised are used to finance clearly defined projects that have environmental benefits. Projects financed include renewable energy, water conservation, energy efficiency, green buildings, clean transport and sustainable land use.
Sustainable Investing
Performance with principles: How can ESG investing support financial returns?
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When ethical funds were in their infancy, a common assumption was that funds that incorporate ESG characteristics, and in particular those with a strict ethical screen applied, must necessarily involve a trade-off with performance.But over time, the debate about performance has turned on its head. Increasingly, investors recognize the potential financial materiality of issues such as corporate governance, labor management and environmental performance — and history is littered with examples of companies that have neglected these issues and paid the financial price.
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BMO Market Charts - December 15, 2020
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Following the massive stimulus effort in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve’s percent ownership of outstanding Treasuries has reached a multi-decade high.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: December 11, 2020
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Fixed Income Insights
December 2020 Fixed Income Market Update
News and Nuggets regarding the fixed income markets
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Coronavirus vaccine developments are extremely welcome news
The global economy hailed a series of positive developments on the vaccine front at the start of the month. Pfizer-BioNTech were first to announce successful Phase 3 trials of their vaccine with 95% efficacy. The Moderna and AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines also reported positive results. No vaccine has yet received regulatory approval for mass public use.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: December 4, 2020
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BMO Market Charts - December 7, 2020
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While corporate credit spreads have narrowed considerably since March, they remain wider than the levels seen at the end of 2019.
Fixed Income Insights
November 2020 Fixed Income Market Update
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In our view, while elections have consequences, the consequences are rarely as stark or as predictable as prognosticators suggest.
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Real financial advice: Being a guide in a changing landscape
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Volatility in the markets. A historic election. A global pandemic. 2020 has thrown us all into an interesting period of irreducible uncertainty, and now more than ever, clients are looking to you to provide them with “real” financial advice in order to navigate these turbulent waters.
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BMO Market Charts - November 23, 2020
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