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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Magnified coronavirus fears send Treasury yields toward zero
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Financial markets continued struggling to assess the broader implications of the spreading coronavirus. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield breached 1% for the first time ever on Tuesday, before closing the week at 0.76%.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Wild coronavirus ride continues for investors
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Stocks had a very volatile week, but most averages finished higher with the S&P 500 up 0.6%.1 Despite the volatile week, markets were supported by oversold conditions, Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday performance and better coronavirus news from China.
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Weekly Market Compass: As markets struggle, where do global economies go from here?
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We have seen a rapid and dramatic market correction as a result of the news flow around the COVID-19 outbreak. This appears to be an overreaction, in my view — but I would not be surprised to see the sell-off continue as uncertainty remains high on key issues: ease of transmission, length of time a person can be infected and contagious without showing symptoms, mortality rates, and length of time before the infection rate stabilizes globally.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields plunge as coronavirus fears intensify
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U.S. Treasury yields fell to record lows last week, led by shorter maturities. The yield curve steepened as a result.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Risks are high, but stocks could be near oversold territory
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Stocks sold off sharply last week, driven by growing fears over the coronavirus. The S&P 500 fell 11%, suffering its worst weekly decline since October 2008.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields decline on renewed coronavirus fears
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U.S. Treasury yields fell last week, led by longer maturities. This flight-to-quality rally was driven by fears that the coronavirus may cause a larger-than-expected drag on global economic growth. Market expectations for Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cuts in 2020 reflect roughly 1.8 cuts, which would translate to 46 basis points of easing.
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Weekly Market Compass: Recent data reveal the economic impact of coronavirus
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Last week both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes hit all-time highs mid-week before falling significantly at the end of the week on fears about the novel coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) impacting economic growth. Concerns about the contagion were amplified by the release of US Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) flash data for February.