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Tax Management
Your words matter! Especially when it comes to TAXES.
Russell Investments has crossed an important milestone with our Tax-Managed Model Strategies. We now have a 15+ year track record to talk about. One thing is very apparent: taxes are hard and the differences between approaches vary wildly.
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Weekly Wire: Don’t get down if the markets aren’t dancing in September
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It’s been a positive – if somewhat bumpy – year for US equities, with the S&P 500 Index (S&P 500) up about 17% in 2019, despite pullbacks of about 7% in May and August. The robust performance of the US stock market isn’t surprising given the US economy has grown about 2.5% year-to-date, corporate profits are up year over year (albeit modestly), unemployment is low, consumer confidence is high, and inflation is muted.
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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 Wire: One thing we are NOT worried about today
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There are many issues that have investors concerned as we are set to say goodbye to summer, including a flat to partially inverted yield curve, deteriorating US/ China relations, and a slowdown in manufacturing activity in the US and around the world. As we previously wrote, we don’t believe the yield curve is indicating a recession is imminent and we do believe the US and China will eventually solve for trade, an outcome which should prove to be a positive catalyst for manufacturing globally.
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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 Wire: It feels like Groundhog Day… Bill Murray, trade, tariffs, and the markets
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In the film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays TV weatherman Phil Connors who, against his wishes, is sent to report on the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and, while there, relives Groundhog Day again, and again and again with an eye toward his having the perspective and the time to become a better person, which he eventually does.
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Market Week in Review: Skewed to the downside: How the trade war is shaping global market risk
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“The trade war has been one of the dominant risk factors impacting global markets basically all year, and we’re continuing to get more and more headlines,” said Eitelman. He focused on the deadline on imposing further U.S. tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports.
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Weekly Wire: Bizarro bonds – guaranteed to lose you money, and not just in a comic strip
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Fans of Superman – or Seinfeld – may be familiar with Bizarro World, a cubed planet far out in space that is inhabited by imperfect duplicates of Superman, Lois Lane, and their friends. In a nutshell, on Bizarro – relative to earth – up is down, hot is cold, good is bad, and beautiful is ugly.
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Market Week in Review: The China-U.S. trade war escalates. Could a recession follow?
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s Aug. 1 threat to impose 10% tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports drew a swift response from China, which devalued its exchange rate and halted all agricultural purchases from the U.S. The retaliatory measures quickly sent markets into a tailspin, with both the S&P 500® Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average logging their steepest losses of the year on Aug. 5.