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HELPING YOU NAVIGATE A TOUGH INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
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Investment Market Thumbnail through 5/23/25:
After breaking out of their tariff-induced April funk last week, overbought US equities had second thoughts this week as the Republican tax and spending bill was sent to the Senate in search of additional fiscal restraint. A permanent tax code with new personal cuts passed the House, but the bond market declared the planned spending cuts lacking. (See Moospeak.) Long interest rates rose as the 10-year hit 4.51%, and the US long bond market continued to tank. Among equities, US small caps and large caps backed off recent runs. Offshore equities were mixed. Europe and Japan were bright spots, but Asia-Pacific and Latin America had difficulties. Despite higher bond yields, the Dollar’s 4-week bear market rally went into reverse. The weaker Dollar strengthened gold but elsewhere, left commodities and oil unimpressed. The models: No changes.
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