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Fourth Quarter Bond Outlook | Bond Market Perspectives | October 06, 2015
Third quarter bond market trends may continue to start the fourth quarter.
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ISM Indicates Fairly Robust Economic Activity Continues | Weekly Economic Commentary | October 5, 2015
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) released its Non-Manufacturing Report on Business for September 2015 on Monday, October 5, 2015, as this Weekly Economic Commentary was being prepared for publication.
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Earnings Preview | Weekly Market Commentary | October 5, 2015
Third quarter earnings season will potentially look a lot like the second quarter. This quarter’s earnings preview could almost be a copy and paste of the second quarter preview: It looks like we will get meager earnings growth, if we get any at all.
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Portfolio Compass | September 30, 2015
The Portfolio Compass provides a snapshot of LPL Financial Research’s views on equity, equity sectors, fixed income, and alternative asset classes. This biweekly publication illustrates our current views and will change as needed over a 3- to 12-month time horizon. The top down is an important part of our asset allocation process. As a result,…
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Agonizing Over Liquidity | Bond Market Perspectives | September 29, 2015
Liquidity, or lack of it, continues to stir up fear for bond investors. Last week, negative headlines about bond liquidity increased and, separately, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules for bond liquidity.
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Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain | Weekly Economic Commentary | September 28, 2015
The federal government’s relatively calm fiscal year (FY) 2015 ends later this week (on Wednesday, September 30, 2015), but the new fiscal year may see fiscal issues returning to the headlines, with a potential government shutdown looming if Congress doesn’t vote early this week to fund the government past September 30.