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This Week’s Market Thumbnail 2/21/25:
Weak consumer sentiment, leading indicators, existing home sales, and housing starts contributed to the first risk-off week in a month. A bummer 2025 outlook from Walmart set the tone early in the week, but Friday’s plunge was the coup de grâce. US large caps were led down by small caps. Offshore equities, meanwhile, were mixed. Asia-Pacific and Japan rose, while Europe and Latin America lost ground. US long Treasury bonds were down, but the 10-year yield dipped 5 bps to 4.42%, and the cash yield slipped to 4.20% on the week. Falling yields weakened interest in the Dollar but not enough to help commodities and oil. Moose favorite gold continued to lead our portfolio choices higher. The models: One switch.
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