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HELPING YOU NAVIGATE A TOUGH INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
HELPING YOU NAVIGATE A TOUGH INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
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The One Big Beautiful Bill making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, setting the budget for the Federal fiscal year beginning 9/30, and raising the debt limit to cover debt now coming due on the Biden years was signed into law July 4th. the removal of those three major uncertainties kept equities celebrating this week.US equities were up with small caps outperforming large caps. Offshore stocks were generally up as well Latin America led Asia-Pacific and Europe higher. Only Japan slipped giving back some of last week’s 5% jump. The Dollar and the commodity index were relatively flat. Meanwhile, gold advanced as expected after last week’s stop-loss and oil prices rallied even more. US Bond prices fell on a better-than-expected jobs report. The 10-year yield rose 7 bps to 4.35%, and the cash yield rose 4 bps to 4.24%. Models: No change.
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