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An Improving Narrative?
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Jurrien Timmer April 2019 Commentary: I think the storyline is about to get better for markets
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary - Risk-on market tone boosts Treasury yields
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U.S. Treasury yields rose last week, led by 10- and 30-year maturities. Investors grew more optimistic about prospects for global growth, causing yields to rise and the yield curve to steepen. Favorable economic data in China pushed rates higher in overnight trading sessions Monday and Wednesday. Market expectations for a Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut in 2019 fell steadily last week.
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First Quarter Bounceback
Brackets may be busted, but the S&P 500 Index rebounded with one of its strongest quarters in years.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline over global growth concerns
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U.S. Treasury yields declined across the curve last week, led by 30- year maturities. The drop was due in part to continued concerns over global growth. The 3-month/10-year yield curve inversion abated, but the curve may invert again in the near future. The market is split on whether the next Federal Reserve (Fed) move will be a rate hike or cut.
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Yield Curve Inverts: Now What?
On Friday of last week, the yield curve finally inverted ever so slightly, but does it mean a recession is on the horizon?
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: A dovish Fed drives Treasury yields lower
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U.S. Treasury yields declined sharply last week, led by 5-year maturities. Dovish comments from the Federal Reserve (Fed) fueled a move lower on Wednesday. Risk-off sentiment continued on Friday due to disappointing economic data out of Europe. The spread between the 10-year Treasury and the 3-month T-bill yields inverted, indicating a higher risk of recession over the next 12 months.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline; markets await the Fed
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U.S. Treasury rates declined modestly last week, led by 10-year maturities and followed by 5- and 2- year yields. Markets focused on deteriorating Brexit negotiations and mixed U.S. economic data. Markets expect no policy changes when the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) meets this week.
Retirement
next: Millennial magnet - Attract and retain the largest generation in the U.S. workforce
In our second issue of next, we discuss how some of the factors may affect your role as a fiduciary in building effective retirement plans, including the effect changing interest rates may have on target date funds.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Dovish central banks push Treasury yields lower
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U.S. Treasury rates fell last week across the yield curve, led by 5- and 10-year maturities. The European Central Bank (ECB) surprised markets with a new round of stimulative bank financing, and U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) officials indicated the Fed will likely hold firm on rates at the March meeting. These dovish actions helped spark a risk-off mode for financial markets, benefiting Treasuries and other government bonds.