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Discussion - Global equities moved higher last week while bonds appeared to remain in a wide consolidation pattern. Equity market participants appeared to put Omicron in the rearview mirror, likely estimating little impact on global economic recovery. If Omicron is in...
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Discussion - Global equities came under significant pressure last week while bonds mounted a recovery. Price action in equities and bonds appeared to indicate that market participants were primarily concerned with the prospect of slowing growth and were less concerned...
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Discussion - Global equities struggled last week while bonds generally remained range-bound. A new Covid variant nicknamed Omnicron appeared to cause market participants to "sell now and ask questions later" as little is known about the variant. The general flight to...
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Discussion - U.S. equities and bonds generally, remained range bound while global equities were mixed during the last week. Inflation and 2022 growth concerns appeared to weigh on market participant's minds last week as equities struggled.The coming week is a big data...
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Discussion - Equities pulled back into a possible consolidation range last week while bonds came under significant pressure. Inflation concerns were front and center in market participants' minds last week, adding to the pressure on bonds. Shorter duration bonds...
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Discussion - Similar to last week, both equities, as measured by SPY, and bonds, as measured by BND, posted gains. Equities moved to new highs while bond prices closed near the top of a wide consolidation range.It is interesting to note that the Federal Reserve...
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Discussion - Both equities, as measured by SPY, and bonds, as measured by BND, posted gains during the last week. Equities moved to new highs while bond prices established a new consolidation range. The Dallas Fed's Trimmed Mean PCE recorded the hottest inflation...
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Discussion - Equities powered higher last week while bonds slid towards potential support.The Conference Board's Leading Economic Index increased in September, suggesting the real economy remains in expansion mode. Although the real economy is still expanding, the...
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Discussion - Equities performed well last week, closing above the 20-day exponential moving average as measured by the ticker SPY. Last week's price action breaks the technical downward trend and sets up equities to possibly resume their upward trend.The overall bond...
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Discussion - Both equities and bonds experienced a bout of volatility during the last week.As measured by the ticker SPY, Equities painted a new recent low on the 4th and then recovered nicely into the end of the week. Unfortunately, the Friday close was just below...