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For 94 years, the "average, annual" return for large-cap stocks, which per the Ibbotson data is the S&P 500, is above 10%, and probably closer to 12%. The only return period that matched or roughly approximates the 103-year average, annual return for the S&P 500 is the decade ...

"Enormous Uncerntainty." That is how SimplyWise stated the situation in their latest "retirement confidence survey." There are several critical issues in the index which encapsulate the ongoing financial distress that existed before the pandemic, but have since markedly worsened. ...

We anticipate investors may switch their focus back and forth between 2020-Q4 and 2021-Q1 several times before the end of the 2020 calendar year. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans 'accidentally' set a new expectation the Fed's future monetary policy would be less expansionary than i...

AB has been a longstanding proponent of investing globally within the bond markets. We advocate going global on a currency-hedged basis. In our view, US investors should remain in global bond markets because those negative non-US yields can be turned into an opportunity, thanks to...

The difference between the two sorts of AIT that I have in mind is subtle, so pay close attention. It hinges not on any different central bank objectives or reaction function parameters or that sort of thing, but on two different reasons why a central bank might find that it has veere...

The numbers are just monstrous. The Fed's own data illuminate the historic monetary disorder that today runs wild. Unprecedented stimulus and market intervention from the Federal Reserve and global central bank community unleashed epic market speculation (in the face of rapidly deteri...

This week saw a flurry of Fed speeches. All Fed governors argued for additional fiscal stimulus. All Fed governors were concerned about the current status of the US economy. For further details see: Central Bank Week In Review (9/21-9/25)

Essentially, the starting point of the negative interest-rate policy is to cause the negative-rate yield curve to slope into more-negative rates as one extends maturities. The reverse happens with positive-rate yield curves. This creates a tension, and currency-hedged adjustments and ...

Flash PMIs for September 2020 around the world add more evidence to the possibility of a global slowdown during the economy's all-important rebound quarter. Credit spreads are up modestly again, having already plateaued somewhat around late July. July economic concerns continue, t...

Despite the drastic recovery in equities, the US 10Y yield has remained at depressed levels oscillating around 70bps. Some investors are still expecting US LT yields to plunge to 0 percent in the near term amid sluggish growth concerns. Even though the 10Y yield may remain at curr...