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Weekly Market Compass: Another injection of fiscal stimulus may be on the horizon
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I caught a bit of the James Bond movie “Casino Royale” on TV over the weekend.
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Weekly Market Compass: China’s ability to contain COVID-19 boosts longer-term confidence
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Last week, we saw increases in both the Chinese and US stock markets.
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Weekly Market Compass: How long can economic data improve while infections continue to spread?
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Last week, the US issued its employment situation report for June. For the second month in a row it was an impressive report, handily beating expectations in terms of both non-farm payroll growth and the unemployment rate.
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Weekly Market Compass: A region-by-region look at our expectations for the remainder of 2020
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The first half of 2020 has been unexpected, to say the very least. Our outlook for the year quickly became obsolete with the rapid spread of COVID-19 and accompanying lockdowns across the globe, which have stymied economic activity and caused an unprecedented destruction of demand.
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Weekly Market Compass: Evaluating the positive and negative signs over the past week
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Two weeks ago, I wrote about some burgeoning “green shoots” that offered early, encouraging signs of economic recovery around the world.
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Weekly Market Compass: Powell pledges to support the economy, but notes more Congressional help may be needed
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Last week saw a massive sell-off for stocks globally. The initial trigger seems to have come from US Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell’s press conference following the June 9-10 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
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Weekly Market Compass: Encouraging signs were seen in job creation, manufacturing and service activity, and auto sales
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The last time I used the term “green shoots” was the late spring and summer of 2009.
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Weekly Market Compass: The WPA put millions back to work during the Great Depression. Could this be a model for 2020 and beyond?
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Unemployment rates for many countries are sky high and likely to remain high for some time.
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Weekly Market Compass: US-China tensions could be the biggest risk to US stocks this year
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In the last several weeks, stocks have exhibited weakness and higher volatility. I am convinced that rising US-China tensions are behind this, and that the potential for a reignition of the US-China tariff war could be the single biggest risk to the US stock market this year.
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Financial Literacy: Coronavirus - Signals to Watch
Invesco’s financial literacy program is designed to help advance the wealth conversations in which we believe families need to be engaging. The goal is to help families better understand how to accumulate, protect, and distribute wealth while building and maintaining a family legacy that will endure across multiple generations. The program provides a framework for incorporating all family members into these conversations, as well as financial and investment considerations for each stage of the life cycle.
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Compelling Wealth Management Conversations
Invesco’s “Compelling Wealth Management Conversations” program is designed to provide the broad philosophical and historical perspective that your clients need to defuse both their fears and misperceptions.