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AAM Viewpoints: To Issue or Not to Issue? That is Every Municipality’s Question
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Last year the municipal (muni) market sold a total of $475.3 billion of debt, second to the record of $484.6 billion that was attained the previous year.
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AAM Viewpoints: The Big Quit, Great Inflate, and the Viral Spiral: A Deadly Credit Cocktail or Mere Speedbumps?
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Corporate credit quality has strengthened at a near unprecedented pace in 2021.
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AAM Viewpoints: 2022: Will it be Deja vu, a Re-do or Something New?
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As we embark on the final two weeks of a challenging and unpredictable year, it seems the next year will resemble its predecessor, but with some unique and important differences.
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AAM Viewpoints: Last call for fed punchbowl; Warnings for a bumpy 2022
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Last December my Viewpoints article was titled, “Let’s Party Like Its 1999!” In that article we looked forward to 2021 as a year when the euphoria was similar to 1999.
Regulatory Education
Time for an IPS Refresh: Incorporating Emerging Trends into Your Plan Design
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To help plan sponsors better understand how to ensure their investment policy statement (IPS) is clear and current, we spoke with renowned ERISA attorney Hon. Brad Campbell about three areas where well-intentioned but unclear or outdated IPS language can create problems.
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AAM Viewpoints: Omicron who? Municipals unfazed by new covid variant
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After a relatively benign 4th quarter, characterized by a risk-on mentality, market uncertainty ramped up heading into year end on the heels of the recently identified omicron Covid variant closely followed by a hawkish inflation pivot by the Federal Reserve.
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AAM Viewpoints: Goldilocks and the “3 bulls economy”
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This past week witnessed a continuation of solid economic figures supporting the notion that the 3rd quarter slowdown scare is fading further into the rearview mirror.
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AAM Viewpoints: Higher prices: The buck stops with you
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As companies continue to grapple with higher costs associated with commodities and transportation, there is certainly chatter in the boardrooms around cost-saving strategies in order to preserve sales and margins.
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AAM Viewpoints: Opportunity in equity income
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Currently, there is a one-two punch threatening income investors.
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AAM Viewpoints: Commodities: A catalyst for emerging markets
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This is a short follow up to our September commentary, “Emerging Markets are Undervalued.”
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AAM Viewpoints: Credit trends: Are we about to hit the inevitable skids?
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There is increasing chatter in the markets relating to a confluence of events that could lead to the reversal of our currently benign credit environment.