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Price Return Last Week S&P 500 +1.5% S&P Mid Cap +1.4% Russell 2000 +1.8% MSCI EAFE +0.2% MSCI EM +0.2% 10 Yr US Treasury Rate – fell from 4.57% to 4.45% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Iran Deal Status – Oil prices surged in early trading on Monday after reports stated that Iran ceased negotiations with the United States. This comes after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes against each other over the weekend. Concerns over mines laid by Iran in the Strait of H

Price Return Last Week S&P 500 +0.2% S&P Mid Cap (2.4%) Russell 2000 (2.4%) MSCI EAFE (1.7%) MSCI EM (2.5%) 10 Yr US Treasury Rate – rose from 4.36% to 4.60% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Trump in China – President Trump visited China for two days last week. The first trip by a U.S. president since 2017. President Xi described the relationship between the U.S. and China in a new manner, framing it as “constructive strategic stability.” No major deals were

Price Return Last Week S&P 500 +0.9% S&P Mid Cap 0.0% Russell 2000 +0.9% MSCI EAFE +0.9% MSCI EM (0.5%) 10 Yr US Treasury Rate – rose from 4.31% to 4.38% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News U.A.E. Leaves OPEC – The United Arab Emirates stated that they plan to leave OPEC on May 1 and begin increasing their oil production thereafter. In recent years, the U.A.E. has asked for greater flexibility from OPEC to produce more oil. With the rise of shale oil coming from

Price Return Last Week S&P 500 +0.5% S&P Mid Cap (0.1%) Russell 2000 +0.4% MSCI EAFE (2.9%) MSCI EM +0.8% 10 Yr US Treasury Rate – rose from 4.24% to 4.31% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Justice Department Ends Powell Investigation – U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro stated that she was closing her inquiry into Jerome Powell. As a result, Senator Thom Tillis said that he planned to support the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the new Federal Reserve chair. Jerome

Price Return Last Week S&P 500 (1.9%) S&P Mid Cap (1.3%) Russell 2000 (1.7%) MSCI EAFE (2.1%) MSCI EM (0.4%) 10 Yr US Treasury Rate – rose from 4.29% to 4.39% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Fed Meeting – Federal Reserve officials voted 11-1 to keep interest rates in a range between 3.50%-3.75%. Recent Trump appointee Stephen Miran was the lone dissenting vote, continuing to vote in favor of an interest rate cut. The yield on a 2

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 +1.6% S&P Mid Cap +3.3% Russell 2000 +4.6% MSCI EAFE +1.4% MSCI EM +1.6% 10 Yr US Treasury Rate – fell from 4.19% to 4.17% Source: Refinitiv Eikon Recent News Justice Department Investigates Fed – The Federal Reserve received grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department on Friday that could lead to a criminal indictment. Fed Chair Jerome Powell responded with a video on Sunday calling the investigati

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

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