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Price Return Last Week S&P 500   +3.4%   S&P Mid Cap     +2.9%   Russell 2000     +3.3%   MSCI EAFE +2.6%         MSCI EM (0.8%)      10 Yr US Treasury Rate – fell from 4.44% to 4.31% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Trump Offers Iran Deadline – President Trump stated that Iran has until Tuesday at 8pm EST to strike a deal with the U.S. and open the Strait of Hormuz.  Absent a deal, he threatened to destroy all of Iran’s power plants and bridges.  The threat comes j

Price Return Last Week S&P 500   +0.3%   S&P Mid Cap     (1.4%)       Russell 2000     (2.1%)   MSCI EAFE +1.6%       MSCI EM +1.8%     10 Yr US Treasury Rate – unchanged at 4.24% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Fed Chair Nomination – President Trump announced on Friday that he had chosen former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve following the end of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s term in May.  While Warsh has historically been known as so

Price Return Last Week S&P 500 +0.7%    S&P Mid Cap     (1.6%)      Russell 2000      (1.4%)     MSCI EAFE    (0.5%)        MSCI EM +0.9%     10 Yr US Treasury Rate – rose from 4.01% to 4.10% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Fed Meeting – As widely anticipated, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday.  Ten of the twelve voters voted for the measure with a dissent from newly appointed Governor Stephen Miran and Kans

Price Return Last Week S&P 500 (9.1%) S&P Mid Cap   (9.1%) Russell 2000   (9.7%) MSCI EAFE (6.9%) MSCI EM (3.0%) 10 Yr US Treasury...

Price Return Last Week S&P 500 (2.1%) S&P Mid Cap   (2.7%) Russell 2000   (4.0%) MSCI EAFE (2.6%) MSCI EM (4.5%) 10 Yr US Treasury...

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