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Don't Fight Today's Markets With Tomorrow's Money
by James Swanson, CFA, MFS Chief Investment StrategistTrying to pick the bottom can be self-defeating, so I think it pays to be cautious with new investments in the financial markets.Crude oil has now...
View ArticleThis Week in Review: Oil Pulls Out of Dive, Helped by Stimulus Hopes
For the week ended 22 January 2016Draghi: ECB may reconsider monetary policy stance at March meetingOil rebounds strongly from levels not seen since 2003Chinese VP Li says China will use regulation to...
View ArticleThis Week in Review: Markets Boosted By Move From ZIRP to NIRP
For the week ended 29 January 2016Bank of Japan adopts negative interest rate policyUS growth slows in Q4Fed holds rates steady, leaves options open for future hikesECB's Draghi takes critics to...
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The Long And The Short Of It
A New Year's resolution is a classic example of how good long-term intentions can get derailed by short-term actions. And it's usually just about this time — a few weeks into the New Year — when people...
View ArticleRisk Budget: Spend It Wisely
For those who budget, time is an asset. Wise spending decisions often take longer to bear fruit. Committing to a budget long-term could potentially lower one's debt and improve their cash flow. Blow...
View ArticleThe Week in Review: Fed Fears Ebb With Mixed US Jobs Data
For the week ended 5 February, 2016US nonfarm payrolls rise 151,000, unemployment rate dips to 4.9%Fed's Fischer: Volatility could lead to tighter financial conditionsECB's Draghi: We have to...
View ArticleNever Resting On Our Laurels
by Michael Roberge, MFS Co-CEO, President and Chief Investment OfficerMFS is pleased to be named among Barron's Best Mutual Fund Families for 2015. But, as long-term investors, we're more honored to be...
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Do Political Headlines Matter to Investors?
by Ben Kottler, CFAInstitutional Equity Portfolio ManagerIn the early hours of 2 February, unable to sleep on a flight to Australia, I surfed through the news. Each media outlet was struggling to...
View ArticleThis Week in Review: Investors Losing Faith in Central Banks
For the week ended 12 February 2016US January retail sales rose 0.2%, December sales revised higherFed chair Yellen: Financial conditions hurting growth, negative rates an optionChina’s foreign...
View ArticleThis Week in Review: Deal or No Deal?
For the week ended 19 February 2016Hopes for crude oil production cap fade as Iran balks at dealEuropean Council summit goes into overtime in search of Brexit dealECB's Draghi: We'll boost stimulus in...
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The Headlines Are Relentless, but the News Isn't All Bad
by James Swanson, CFA, MFS Chief Investment StrategistSo far in 2016, the headlines have been somewhat harrowing: China imploding. Banking problems in Europe. Devastation in the oil patch. To be sure,...
View ArticleIn or Out? 'Brexit' Concerns Come to the Fore
Eric S. Weisman, Ph.D., Chief Economist & Fixed Income Portfolio ManagerPilar Gomez-Bravo, CFA, Fixed Income Portfolio ManagerGabrielle J. Gourgey, Institutional Portfolio Manager - UKBen Kottler,...
View ArticleNo Need to Jump
Lower oil prices are causing capital destruction. Once that works its way through the system, manufacturing companies will get a boost from lower cost of capital and lower input costs. Recorded 16...
View ArticleThis Week in Review: Global Equities Rise
For the week ended 26 February 2016British pound slumps on Brexit fears as London mayor leads "leave" campaignSaudi oil minister rules out production cutsGerman business climate downshifts Big banks...
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Target Date Fund Selection: Shifting the Focus
by Ryan Mullen, MFS Senior Managing Director, Head of Defined Contribution InvestmentsEven if recent market volatility has stirred up distant memories of the last major market downturn, DC plan...
View ArticleThis Week in Review: US Labor Market Keeps Chugging Along
For the week ended 4 March 2016US February nonfarm payrolls rose 242,000, unemployment steady, wage growth dips US shale oil producers cut production China cuts reserve requirements, injecting cash...
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Practice What We Preach
by Doug Bailey, MFS Senior Managing Director, National SalesAfter four years without a significant market pullback, going through not one, but two, market corrections in six months has been tough on...
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Fading Fears, Growing Risk Appetite?
by James Swanson, CFA, MFS Chief Investment StrategistFor months, the marketplace has feared a US recession, driven by a sluggish global economy, the collapse in energy prices causing a marked decline...
View ArticleThis Week in Review: Markets Absorb Latest Wave of Liquidity
For the week ended 11 March 2016ECB expands QE program, cuts rates, announces corporate bond buys Chinese FX outflows slowed but exports plunged in FebruaryBank for International Settlements warns of...
View ArticleThis Week in Review: Fed Aligns Rate Hike View More Closely With The Markets
For the week ended 18 March 2016Fed forecasts 2 hikes in 2016, down from prior forecast of 4Brazilian constitutional crisis intensifiesOil extends recovery as dollar weakensBank of Japan downgrades...
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