Schwab: 2022 Outlook
After living through more than two years of COVID-19, its variants, and the attendant supply-chain disruptions and inflation concerns, one thing is clear: Uncertainty is the only certainty. We sat down with three Schwab experts to discuss their outlooks for U.S. stocks, international stocks, and bonds—with an eye toward actions investors might take in […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended March 4th
Labor market strength The U.S. economy generated the strongest job growth in seven months, beating most economists’ expectations with 678,000 jobs added in February. The unemployment rate fell to 3.8%—the lowest level since the pandemic began—ahead of a mid-March U.S. Federal Reserve meeting at which policymakers are expected to begin lifting interest rates. Bouncing […]
John Hancock: What is quantitative tightening and why it matters
Investors typically approach quantitative tightening with a sense of trepidation. Although it’s common knowledge that the Fed will remove the additional liquidity it injected into the financial system at some point, when it happens and the speed at which it happens could make a material difference to not just markets, but also to growth. Markets […]
JP Morgan: The Case For (Always) Staying Invested
Our Top Market Takeaways for February 18, 2022. Principles of investing Back to the basics: The case for staying invested (always) Global markets have had yet another week of ups and downs, with most major indices heading into Friday down on the week. Recently, we’ve pored over inflation, central bank policy, geopolitics, and what they mean for […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended February 25th
High inflation persists A measure of inflation that the U.S. Federal Reserve uses to help set monetary policy climbed at the highest monthly rate since 1983. The government on Friday said core personal consumption expenditures price index rose at an annual rate of 5.2% in January. The same report showed that consumer spending rose 2.1%. […]