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Bond Insights
The higher yields they currently offer can be a benefit for income-oriented investors, but those yields reflect the additional risks they face.
Markets responded positively during Trump's first week in office, despite threats of tariffs on the three largest trading partners of the U.S. Are trade risks being dismissed?
On Investing
Kathy Jones and Liz Ann Sonders discuss the policy proposals and legislation most likely to affect the markets in the coming weeks.
The wildfires may affect some municipal bond issuers in the devastated areas, but the impact to other California bonds or to the broader muni market is likely limited.
Commentary
Some soft data metrics have started to rebound sharply and catch back up to relatively resilient hard data, but it's too soon to say whether the gap is definitively closing.
On Investing
Cooper Howard and Kathy Jones look at how climate events, like the fires in Los Angeles, could impact the municipal bond market.
Commentary
Economic data and policies out of China are typically delayed until mid-March. Stock volatility may be prevalent until initiatives are clarified after the Lunar New Year.
Schwab Market Update
New U.S. chip export restrictions and fresh highs in the dollar and yields hit stocks, especially tech, continuing last week's chill ahead of earnings and inflation data.
Washington Watch
Donald Trump and Republicans support sweeping changes that could affect the economy, markets and investors. But narrow margins in Congress could complicate that agenda.