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August Leaderboard Rattled By Inflation and AI Risks

Executive Summary   Through the end of August, the equity performance landscape generated: MSCI Emerging Markets Index +24.3%; Russell 2000 Value Index +23.7%; Russell 1000 Value Index +23.1%; MSCI Japan Index

AI Momentum Meets Rate Hike Risk

Executive Summary  Last week, major U.S. stock indexes were mixed, with the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index recording modest gains while mid- and smaller-cap benchmarks declined. Strong results

Long – Term Treasuries Are Misbehaving

Executive Summary   Last week, the S&P 500 returned -1.4% as hopes for a deal to end the war in the Middle East faded; oil prices and treasury yields rose. Semiconductors

Fundamentals Drive Markets in the Absence of Fed Action

Executive Summary  Last week, stocks were up and bonds prices traded down/yield up. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index outperformed both the MSCI EAFE Index and the S&P 500. The best-performing

Déjà Vu: Oil, Semi, Fed Move Markets 

Executive Summary  US Markets. Major U.S. stock indexes closed the week mixed, as a late-week rebound in semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI)-related shares helped the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P