April 16, 2021 Records continue to be broken with the Q1 2021 earnings season commencing this week. Financial giants Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan led the way with better-than-expected results. Strong performance in equities trading, investment banking, and the releasing of reserves that had previously been set aside for potential bad debt during the pandemic allowed…
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April 9th, 2021 Markets kicked the second quarter off on a high note with the S&P 500 index hitting another all-time high on Friday. Growth stocks outpaced value stocks as the 10-year U.S. treasury yield retreated to 1.66%, down from a recent high of 1.75%, and on continued optimism for the U.S. post-Covid economic recovery….
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March 26, 2021 Optimism returned to the market this week on improved investor sentiment surrounding the U.S. economic reopening, on 10-year U.S. treasuries retreating from recent highs and as the Federal Reserve dished out some positive news for the banking sector. Travel-related stocks such as airlines and cruise ships helped move markets higher on growing…
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