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Market Update: Strange Week to Start the Year
Jan 4, 2013 || OpenMarkets || No Comments
We haven’t seen the large move in equities that was expected to start the year. What we have seen is high volatility in bonds. Jack looks at both markets and tries to make sense of some of the unexpected moves.
He also lists three things he’s expecting from the market in the near future: volume picking up, continued volatility in interest rates, and headlines continuing to drive the market.
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