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Yippy Yields and Dollar Dilemmas
Equity markets have made a remarkable recovery following a turbulent start to the second quarter, with the S&P 500® closing out May up 6%. However, ongoing uncertainties surrounding tariffs and their inflationary impact, concerns about the fiscal deficit and potential shifts in foreign demand for U.S. Treasuries have weighed on the bond market, with the…
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Macro Madness
While U.S. basketball fans have been in the midst of March Madness, there has been no shortage of activity in global markets. Uncertainty over the policies from the new U.S. Presidential administration, stagflation concerns and, particularly, tariffs have weighed on investor sentiment, with the S&P 500® down 4% in Q1. While fans analyze various teams…
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Examining Equal Weight
In this tumultuous market characterized by Fed rate hikes, elevated inflation and a strong dollar, mega-cap growth companies have suffered heavy losses, paced by recent “Big Tech” earnings disappointments from Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and others. The S&P 500® Top 50 declined by 19% over the past 12 months, underperforming the S&P 500 by 5%….
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The U.S. Dollar’s Outperformance Makes Its Impact on Indices, Too
U.S. dollar strength has led to parity in EUR-USD exchange rates in recent days, with the value of the euro equaling 99 U.S. pennies at its low. While 114 U.S. pennies were still required to equal the British pound sterling, “cable”—the GBP-USD rate—has reached its lowest since 1985. In Asia, the Japanese yen has suffered…
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Commodities: Inflation, Interest Rates and the U.S. Dollar
After last week’s highest inflation print in over four decades, the U.S. dollar (USD) rose to its strongest level in 20 years, as measured against a broad basket of currencies. The euro also hit parity with the USD for the first time since 2002 as a consequence of Europe’s front-line exposure to the Russia-Ukraine conflict…
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Assessing Gold’s Ascent
What’s driving demand for gold this year? S&P DJI’s Jim Wiederhold and CME Group’s Blu Putnam explore what’s pushing gold prices up and how investors are putting the precious metal to work in portfolios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ-dLSfYF5Y
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Why the S&P 500 Reduces Portfolio Volatility for Indian Investors
Home bias has been a prominent theme in India since the beginning of the mutual fund industry. Investors historically questioned why they should diversify their high GDP growth portfolio (India) with lower growth economies such as the US. This hypothesis has been tested over the last decade. India has delivered a high GDP growth but…
Gold Breaks Out to a New All-Time High as the U.S. Dollar Drops
Despite the drop in volatility in many asset classes over the summer, some broke through key support and resistance levels. The S&P GSCI Gold (TR) was one of them, reaching a new all-time high of USD 1,056.83 on Aug. 6, 2020, eclipsing the previous high from the summer of 2011. The underlying gold futures had…
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Diwali Gold Buying May Be The Safest Since 1996
In light of the gold buying tradition for the upcoming Diwali festival in India, many might be wondering how valuable their gifts may be based on the price of gold. Several factors influence the price of gold that make timing gold as an investment difficult; however, now there might be upside potential for gold, especially since its…
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Metals Never Had An August This Hot
In August, the Dow Jones Commodity Index Total Return gained 0.7%, reducing its year-to-date loss to -1.4%, and the S&P GSCI Total Return lost 0.8%, increasing its year-to-date loss to -6.9%. Industrial metals and precious metals were the only positive sectors, up 8.6% and 4.0%, respectively, while agriculture was the worst performing sector, losing 7.4%,…
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