4 Reasons Not to Fear Rising Interest Rates
Massive government stimulus measures and an improving economic outlook are combining to stoke one of fixed income investors’ biggest fears: higher inflation.
Massive government stimulus measures and an improving economic outlook are combining to stoke one of fixed income investors’ biggest fears: higher inflation.
The large-cap U.S. equity markets had a fantastic week, as NASDAQ leapt 3.1%, the S&P 500 jumped 2.7% and the DJIA advanced 2.0%.
In the first quarter of 2021, the leading performing segment was small companies (the index is the Russell 2000) or as we call it small cap stocks.
It was a good week for U.S. stock markets, as all of the major U.S. equity indices moved up on the trade-shortened week.
It was a messy week, with the major U.S. equity markets seemingly bouncing all over the place and ultimately ending the week mixed…