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Weekly Market Compass: Market speculation hit a new level this week with GameStop, and the Fed threw cold water on inflation concerns.
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The Federal Reserve (Fed) met last week and, as I expected, Fed Chair Jay Powell reassured markets that it doesn’t have a trigger finger when it comes to inflation. In his press conference following the meeting, Powell showed concern that the economic recovery had moderated and stressed that it was more dangerous to do too little than to do too much to support the economy (a sentiment echoed by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last week as well).
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BMO Market Charts - February 01, 2021
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With expectations for reduced trade tensions and a potentially weaker dollar, earnings for Emerging Market companies are expected to recover relative to developed markets.
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Weekly Market Snapshot: January 29, 2021
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Weekly Market Compass: The next few months could be a slog for these economies
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What a week — both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite Indexes reached all-time highs last Thursday, but we also saw a reversal of the rotation from growth/defensives to cyclicals in both European and US markets.
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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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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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Weekly Market Compass: The economy may not truly turn the page until spring
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It might be 2021, but it doesn’t feel like a new year in many parts of the world. We haven’t yet turned the page on all the difficulties of the past year, so it seems like we are stuck in 2020.
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Weekly Market Compass: It was a week of surprise, horror and disappointment. Why didn’t stocks react?
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The past week has been a momentous one, to say the least. It was filled with surprise, horror and disappointment — certainly in the US, but also for those watching around the world.
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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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