John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended March 5th
Yield surge Government bond prices were under pressure again, as the yield of the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury bond soared above 1.60% at one point on Friday, the highest in 13 months. As recently as late September, the yield was just 0.66%; at the end of last year, it was 0.92%. Healing jobs […]
LPL: Three Charts You Need to See
March is right around the corner and with it is a harsh reminder of one year ago when everything stopped. As we inch closer to a lot of reminders about March 2020, here are three charts that have caught our attention recently. First off, the one year anniversary of the bull market is coming up […]
Charles Schwab: Message From The Recent Bond Market Turmoil
The late-February spike in U.S. Treasury bond yields sent ripples throughout the global markets. As yields surged to the highest level in a year, stocks and commodities sold off sharply, while the dollar rallied. Some investors called for central banks to step in to calm the markets. The market did eventually settle down without intervention. […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended February 26th
Value vs. growth For the second week in a row, U.S. value stocks outperformed growth stocks by a wide margin—a short-term shift that threatens to reverse the growth style’s run of out performance in recent years. A value stock benchmark slipped 1% for the week while a growth benchmark dropped more than 4%. […]