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Weekly Investment Commentary: Equities reach record high on strong economic data
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Stronger-than-expected economic news propelled stocks to new highs last week. Lower Treasury yields helped drive the outperformance of growth and momentum styles after those areas of the market meaningfully lagged value in the first quarter. The biggest sector winners this week were utilities, materials and health care, which each gained 3% or more. No sectors posted negative returns for the week.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Why we like emerging market assets
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We see the economic restart and greater stability in U.S. government bond yields - as indicated by our new nominal theme - supporting emerging market assets over coming months. Their valuations appear relatively attractive in a world of low yields after a choppy start to the year.
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Student of the Market: April Edition
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Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline and risk assets rally
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Despite further positive economic data, technical dynamics turned more favorable and helped all major fixed income market segments to rally last week. 10-year U.S. Treasury yields fell -6 basis points and credit sectors generated positive total and excess returns versus similar-duration Treasuries.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Growth and technology rise ahead of earnings
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Most global equity markets rose last week as economic data was generally neutral-to-positive. In the U.S., the S&P 500, DJIA and NASDAQ each added 2% or more during a week of relatively light trading volumes ahead of a highly anticipated earnings season.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Commodities rewired
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Oil and industrial metals have rallied since late-2020 on expectations for a swift economic restart, sparking talk of a new commodity “supercycle.” We see a more nuanced outlook – with a divergence across different commodities.