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Market Week in Review: What's behind the U.S. jobs report for August?
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On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Mark Eibel, director, client investment strategies, and Rob Cittadini, senior director, U.S. institutional, dug into the recently released U.S. employment report for August. They also chatted about the likelihood of a U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) rate cut later this month, as well as the latest developments surrounding Brexit.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline amid risk-on sentiment
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U.S. Treasury yields closed slightly lower last week, with less volatile intra-week shifts. Longer maturities led the decline, and the yield curve flattened further.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Trade tensions continue to cause economic damage
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A sense of easing in the ongoing U.S./China trade dispute helped investor sentiment last week, as did an overall feeling that prices may have fallen too far too quickly. Equities rallied last week, breaking a four-week losing streak, with the S&P 500 Index climbing 2.8%.1
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Market Week in Review: Stocks plummet, worries mount as China-U.S. trade war deepens
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On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Quantitative Investment Strategist Abraham Robison and Research Analyst Brian Yadao discussed the escalating China-U.S. trade war, recent remarks from U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) Chair Jerome Powell and U.S. manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) data for August.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields mixed due to global trade and the Fed
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U.S. Treasury yields closed mixed last week, with the 2-year ending higher and longer maturities unchanged or slightly lower. But the weekly change masked intra-week volatility. Friday saw the biggest shift, in response to China’s announcement of retaliatory tariffs.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Recession fears and trade uncertainty weigh on stocks
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Equities around the world finished lower last week. The S&P 500 finished down 1.4%, marking its fourth straight week of declines.1 U.S. equity indexes ended lower for the week, with the week’s early gains reversing on Friday on a variety of headlines surrounding U.S. and China trade policy.
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Market Week in Review: Stocks plummet, worries mount as China-U.S. trade war deepens
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A relatively calm week in markets was shattered Aug. 23 when China announced tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. imports, including soybeans, textiles and cars, Robison said. Stocks dropped sharply on the news, with the S&P 500® Index down roughly 2.5% at market close.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Trade issues continue to pressure stocks
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After a brief relief bounce on hopes that the U.S. might be trying to ease tensions with China, the equity market downturn resumed last week as investors left stocks for the perceived safety of government bonds. Recession-related concerns grew as the Treasury yield curve inverted, more global government bond markets traded in negative territory and poor economic data came out of Germany and China.