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Market Week in Review: Post-holiday cheer: U.S. January jobs report shines, manufacturing expands
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The U.S. economy added 225,000 jobs in January, a number Robison characterized as massively positive. “U.S. nonfarm payroll additions last month surpassed most estimates, and came in far above the replacement rate—the number of new jobs needed on a monthly basis to keep up with population growth,” he remarked.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Capital markets will likely be choppy
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Equities finished lower for a second straight week, with the S&P 500 Index down 2.1% and suffering back-to-back weekly declines of more than 1%for the first time since late August. Energy was the worst performer for a fourth straight week as growth concerns stemming from the coronavirus weighed heavily on oil.
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Market Week in Review: Volatility returns with a vengeance as coronavirus outbreak grows
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On Jan. 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, Ng said. “Already, the number of confirmed infections from coronavirus has surpassed the number of infections from the SARS outbreak of 2002-03,” she noted, “which means the virus is likely to have a larger economic impact on China than SARS did.”
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Global economic growth should pick up a notch
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Stock prices sank on a holiday-shortened week, despite some continued decent news on the economic and corporate earnings fronts. Anxiety about the growing coronavirus scare appears to have hurt markets, and investors also seemed to be in the mood for some profit-taking.
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Market Week in Review: How the coronavirus outbreak could impact markets
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The outbreak of the coronavirus in China commanded the attention of financial markets the week of Jan. 20, Eitelman said, leading to an increase in market volatility. While the outbreak has the potential to significantly disrupt the global business cycle, such a scenario represents the extreme end of things, he noted.
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Market Week in Review: Are better days ahead for the U.S. manufacturing sector?
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The official signing of the phase one trade deal between the U.S. and China took place Jan. 15, with China committing to further protections of U.S. intellectual property, as well as increased access to its financial services sector. China also pledged to purchase an additional $200 billion in U.S. goods, with an emphasis on manufacturing and agricultural products, Roach said.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks rise as they shrug off geopolitical risks
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The world and market attention last week was focused on the U.S. strike against Iran and mounting tensions in the Middle East. Yet markets largely looked past geopolitical risks and started 2020 on a strong note.
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Market Week in Review: The U.S. employment report for December: Good news or bad news?
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The Jan. 3 killing of top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani by the U.S., and the Jan. 8 retaliatory strikes by Iran on military bases housing U.S. troops, led to some concern that tensions between Iran and the U.S. may escalate broadly.
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The Fed has stopped cutting interest rates…for now
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After three interest rate cuts in the second half of 2019, the Fed has paused. Economic growth remains lackluster, but serious recession risks seem to have fallen since the summer. The Fed’s next move in 2020, if it makes one, is more likely to be a cut than a hike.