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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) over the weekend, the biggest bank failure in U.S. history after Washington Mutual in 2008, seemingly caught both regulators and markets off guard, and triggered fears of contagion across the global banking sector. In response, on Sunday night (March 12), U.S. policymakers (the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) announced emergency measures to shore up the U.S. banking system.
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Economic and Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Bracing for Uncertain Times
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Global economic outlook now fraught with risks.
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AAM Viewpoints: The Investing Map Has Undergone a Regime Change | A Pivot to Emerging Markets Appears Prudent
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Over the past two years the markets have undergone a seminal change.
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AAM Viewpoints: Dividends Increasingly Important During Increasing Rates
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At less than two months into 2022, the market has reached levels of volatility not seen in over a year.
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AAM Viewpoints: Jobs and CPI: Fuel for the Fed to Start Their Engines
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The January jobs report — headlined by the Change in Nonfarm Payrolls number of 467,000, which was significantly higher than expectations (125,000) — was nothing short of spectacular.
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AAM Viewpoints: Recent Volatility and the Flattening Yield Curve
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In conversations beginning as early as last June, we periodically described selected Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings as “the most important meeting in recent memory.”
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AAM Viewpoints: Investing During a Tightening Cycle
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In about two months the Federal Reserve is expected to issue its first interest rate hike in three years, and presumably begin a new tightening cycle.
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AAM Viewpoints: 2021 Fixed Income Review
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2021 was a challenging year as news of fast-spreading COVID-19 variants added stress and volatility to the financial markets.
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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.