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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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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields end virtually unchanged despite an active week
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U.S. Treasury yields ended the week only slightly lower, masking the week’s volatility. Rates rose early in the week, led by longer maturities, when the Federal Reserve (Fed) announced it would begin purchasing individual corporate bonds.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Stocks rebound after sharp slide
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U.S. equities rebounded last week, with the S&P 500 Index gaining 1.9%.
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Declining risk sentiment drags Treasury yields lower
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U.S. Treasury yields ended lower last week, led by longer maturities. Risk-off sentiment returned over fears of a second wave of the coronavirus and a cloudy U.S. economic forecast from the Federal Reserve (Fed).
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Weekly Market Compass: Powell pledges to support the economy, but notes more Congressional help may be needed
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Last week saw a massive sell-off for stocks globally. The initial trigger seems to have come from US Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell’s press conference following the June 9-10 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
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Weekly Investment Commentary: A sharp risk-off trade returns
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Stocks snapped a three-week winning streak as markets sank sharply last week. Worries about an uptick in coronavirus cases, the Federal Reserve’s downbeat assessment of long-term economic growth and President Trump’s declining poll numbers all contributed to negative sentiment.
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Weekly Market Compass: Encouraging signs were seen in job creation, manufacturing and service activity, and auto sales
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The last time I used the term “green shoots” was the late spring and summer of 2009.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise on economic optimism
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Positive risk sentiment boosted U.S. Treasury yields last week, led by longer maturities. Investors appear optimistic over an expected rebound in growth as the economy reopens.