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Introduction The recovery in equities in the past two weeks caught many market participants by surprise as investors were preparing themselves for a sustained period of equity market weakness and elevated price volatility. Figure 1 shows that US equities ( SPY ) are up over 30% since their...

We already know that the economic deterioration will be far more severe than the Great Recession. That’s why the federal government has served up freakish amounts of stimulus. In a similar vein, the Federal Reserve intends to do whatever it takes to stimulate stock and bond investme...

By Michael J. Hoffman In the last month, the coronavirus pandemic, known officially as COVID-19, has caused social and economic havoc in the US and the rest of the world. Last month, the US economy lost a total of 701,000 jobs while the unemployment rate shot up to 4.4 percent from 3.5 p...

Undersaved, over-levered households and businesses were overdue for a secular shift to more self-preserving financial management well before the pandemic hit. Now, new research points out that COVID-19 may well solidify that behavioural shift for years hereafter and fuel deflationary forces i...

By Jack Bouroudjian At a Glance The repo market allows banks, broker dealers and hedge funds to borrow cheaply On average, about $2-4 trillion in repos are traded each day At the onset of the coronavirus crisis , the Federal Reserve relied on repurchase agreements, or repo...

President Donald Trump loves to talk about how he is in the process of and will continue to, "Make America Great Again." However, there are many signs that, at least when it comes to the stock market, this may already be as great as it gets. Over the past decade or so, U.S. stocks have drama...

By The Wealthfront Team The past two months have been tumultuous for investors. As COVID-19 has spread, global markets have been extremely volatile. In mid-February, the S&P 500 was at an all-time high. In the weeks since February 19, we've experienced both the index's fastest decline ...

News is an interesting concept, in that information really only counts as news if it's unexpected. On the flip side, information isn't news if it is expected. April, however, is showing that even when the expectation is for bad news, the cumulative effect of so much negativity can still weigh ...

Anthony Okolie recaps the biggest news of the day including the latest COVID-19 developments, followed by a conversation between Kim Parlee and Brad Simpson, Chief Wealth Strategist, TD Wealth, about the recession, recovery, and finding a bottom for the market. Original Post Edit...

Here are some things I think I am thinking about: 1) What’s up with the stock market? There was widespread outrage that the stock market didn’t go all the way to zero in the last few weeks. This image from Mad Money seemed to symbolize the outrage well: The global stock m...