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World Wrap

World Wrap

– US Financial assets climbed. International stocks were flat, and Commodities declined.
– Narrow advance last week as Large Cap stocks drove cap-weighted indices higher. All styles of Mid and Small Caps closed the week in the red.
– European stocks, both developed and emergin, are dominating global equity markets thus far in 2023, closing higher again last week.
– Long duration Treasuries rallied, and the yield curve inversion hit new lows. 2023’s inversion is close to taking the title for the 2nd largest inversion in over 100 years.

World Wrap

World Wrap

– Global equities, Treasuries, and Commodities all finished the week lower.
– Interest rate sensitive sectors Utilities, Real Estate and Financials experienced strong one week rallies.
– Emerging markets declined 2%, led by a 2.4% decline in Chinese equities.
– Bitcoin corrected more than 10% last week but is still up more than 60% year to date.

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Market Risk Index

Market Risk Index scales from 0 to 100%. Higher readings correspond with higher risk markets. Scores below 25% are bullish. Scores between 25-75% are neutral, and scores above 75% are markets vulnerable to major drawdowns.

Model Category Readings (Percentiles)

  • Psychology 99.7% 99.7%
  • Monetary 87.2% 87.2%
  • Valuation 99.3% 99.3%
  • Market Trend 9.8% 9.8%