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Weekly Market Roundup
September 16, 2019
Start your week off right with our market snapshot and data visualization from the Global Investment Strategy team.
WHAT HAPPENED
- Global stocks gained 1.4% in the latest week (18.1% YTD) led by a 1.9% gain in emerging markets and 1.3% rise in developed markets.
- In the U.S., the S&P 500 advanced 1.0% and is up 2.9% in September bringing the YTD gain to over 20% while the Russell 2000 advanced nearly 5% and is 18.2% YTD.
- Corporate credit spreads declined in the latest week led by a -24 bp fall in U.S. high yield.
- Sovereign bond yields were higher with the U.S. 10-year Treasury climbing 34 bp to 1.90%.
- U.S. small business optimism remains resilient and strong in the face of slowing growth and higher political uncertainty.
- U.S. headline inflation decreased 0.1% to 1.7% y/y in August which is the mid-point of the range in 2019 but core inflation accelerated to the highest since 2008.
- U.S. retail sales grew 4.1% y/y which is the strongest in roughly a year, highlighting the continued strength of the U.S. consumer.
- UMichigan consumer sentiment topped estimates and increased in September to 92.0 from 89.8 which was the lowest since October 2016.
- The ECB cut its main deposit rate by 10 bp to -0.5%, a new record low and announced a new quantitative easing program which includes 20 billion euro of asset purchases per month for as long as is necessary.
WHAT'S AHEAD
- U.S. Industrial Production (Tuesday)
- U.S. Fed Meeting and Rate Decision (Wednesday)
- Japan Inflation and BOJ Meeting (Thursday)
- U.S. Leading Economic Indicators (Thursday)
- Eurozone Consumer Confidence (Friday)
Monthly Market Roundup
September 2019
Trade Tensions Drive Risk-off Sentiment
- Risk-off sentiment dominated in August as tit-for-tat tariffs were imposed by the U.S. and China, China devalued its currency, and the U.S. 2s10s yield curve inverted for the first time since 2007.
- Global equities fell across the board and declined -2.3% MTD, lowering the YTD gain to 14.3% as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index. The market will likely stay in a trading range as long as trade tensions persist.
- Investors rushed to safe haven assets in August pushing sovereign debt yields in major developed economies even lower led by a 52 bp fall in the U.S. 10-year Treasury.
- The USD gained in August and is ~3% YTD as the U.S. leads other countries in higher economic growth as well as bond yields.
- Despite a resilient U.S. consumer that continues to support global growth, the market is increasingly expecting central banks to stabilize the downward shift in sentiment and economic activity.
- Slowing inflation and historically low expectations across advanced economies are reinforcing the need for central banks to increase stimulus just as concerns have risen over the effectiveness of further support.
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