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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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Trends in Advisor Behavior During Market Volatility - Week June 29, 2020
As stocks finished higher this week, advisors' attitude towards risk shifted to a more "risk-on" position.
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Weekly Macro Update: The Trough Is In—Let The Healing Begin
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While there is still a long path to recovery, global June flash PMIs confirmed we have passed the trough as contraction eased. The U.S. Employment report will be released next week, and the pressure is on for Britain and Japan to come up with a deal.
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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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Trends in Advisor Behavior During Market Volatility - Week of June 22, 2020
Advisors exhibited behaviors consistent with longer-term trends across the board. Allocation to cash remained unchanged this week at 4.09%.
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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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Trends in Advisor Behavior During Market Volatility - Week of June 14, 2020
Allocations to cash were reduced by 21% this past week, the most significant drop in cash levels since crisis began.