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Emergency Interest Rate Cuts—Will they work? Do they matter?
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The Federal Reserve has introduced emergency interest rate cuts as a way to encourage businesses and individuals to spend and borrow in these volatile times. In a jargon-free way, we answer some common questions on how the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts may affect financial stability.
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[Webcast Replay] Our Perspective: Stay the Course for Long-Term Investment Success
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We understand how the news of today's uncertainty can make it difficult to think about your investments and financial plans. We believe in empowering investor success and want to provide some perspective on what's happening in the markets and what we're doing to put investors first.
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Coronavirus and the Market: Our Take
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When unsettling events such as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and recent market volatility dominate the news, it's natural for investors to second-guess financial plans. However, we believe in taking a measured approach and longer-term perspective, perhaps now more important to consider than ever. In our video, approved for general audiences, Chief Investment Officer Andrew Lill offers his market perspective and discusses how we believe our portfolios are positioned for success. Watch now (3:00 min.)
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Global Weekly Commentary: Looking through the market turmoil
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The coronavirus outbreak is set to deliver a sharp and deep economic shock. Market moves are reminiscent of the 2008 crisis, but we don’t think this is a repeat. Stringent containment and social distancing policies will bring economic activity to a near standstill, but provided aggressive fiscal and monetary policy actions are taken to bridge businesses and households through the shock, activity should return rapidly with little permanent economic damage.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Policy response to virus takes shape
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The coronavirus outbreak has continued to roil markets, even as significant monetary policy steps have been taken. Uncertainties related to the outbreak give public health officials a strong incentive to act aggressively to mitigate its human toll. These measures, though temporary in nature, slow economic activity, sometimes precipitously. We believe this will eventually set the scene for a strong rebound, but a decisive policy response is needed to safeguard fundamentals.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Virus outbreak turns us cautious
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The spread of the coronavirus beyond China has opened up a new global dimension to the epidemic – and potential for a sharper economic drag from efforts to contain it. We expect the economic expansion to remain intact, albeit on a lower track.
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Global Weekly Commentary: Our views on equity style factors
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The coronavirus outbreak has altered market dynamics since late January. One example: Quality has posted more muted gains after strong outperformance in late 2019. We stand by our tactical views on factors for now, including a modest overweight on quality. These are anchored by our outlook that a global growth uptick will likely resume once the outbreak recedes, although the depth and width of the eventual V-shaped recovery are uncertain.