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Market Commentary
Although earnings season has a ways to go, the results have been strong enough to significantly boost growth expectations, while also easing some valuation concerns.

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The U.S. economy remains on solid footing, continuing to move into a period of exceptional growth.

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The specific set of conditions that have historically characterized the start of an investment bubble appear to be forming.

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Trendy and speculative trades have gained micro bubble status and rolled over of late, but their weakness hasn’t infected the broader market.

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Policymakers in major economies have pointed to 2023 as the date the stimulus payback may begin.

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Investor attention has shifted from Growth to Value as the economy regains its footing, but understanding their factors and fundamentals is crucial.

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The Fed kept rates unchanged, but upgraded its outlook; while the “dots plot” moved higher amid a rising percentage of officials expecting an earlier “lift off” in rates.

Market Commentary
Not likely a bear market, but it may feel less like last year’s charging bull market. Perhaps a “bunny” market, with the stock market hopping up and down.

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Sentiment has been a problem; higher yields was the catalyst for a bit of a reset.

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Should interest rates continue to climb at a more moderate pace, EM stocks may rebound and rise alongside bond yields, as they have done historically.

Market Volatility
U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday as Treasury bond yields rose.

Market Commentary
Looking at the latest economic data reveals V-shaped recoveries in many goods-based indicators; while services has more catch-up to do.

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As quickly as it soared to the moon, GameStop came back down to earth; but the lessons learned are key to turning day trading speculators into longer-term investors.

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Obtaining global diversification has never been easier.

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As a review of the year that was, today’s report analyzes and dissects the nature of the K-shaped recovery in both the economy and stock market.

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Joe Biden takes the Presidential oath of office this week in the U.S., marking the end of a long U.S. political contest; a year of political challenges is just getting started overseas.

Market Commentary
It has been an extraordinary start to 2021 in the nation’s capital.

Market Commentary
December brought the first payrolls decline since last April; with leisure/hospitality—and women—bearing the brunt of the weakness. Expect more economic “scarring” to come.

Market Commentary
Risk is often the result of a very high degree of confidence among market participants in one specific outcome.

Market Commentary
The planned vaccine rollout is good news that has lifted the stock markets around the world. But the reality of the rollout faces risks that could extend the time frame for mass immunizations.

2021 Schwab Market Outlook
Stocks head into 2021 having crossed the COVID chasm; but the economy has more work to do. Will vaccines get us to the other side?
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Explaining the recent market impacts to the Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (SCHZ)