Interactive Brokers senior market analyst Steven Levine discusses China’s consumer landscape, along with prospects for Chinese retail sales, with Brendan Ahern, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at KraneShares.
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Markets are returning from the extended weekend on the wrong foot, with hotter-than-expected economic data and weak corporate guidance from Home Depot and Walmart battering asset prices.
Fed policy has a heightened data dependency, leading to increased volatility in the bond market. Even though rate cuts remain the odds-on favorite for later this year, investors should heed the tenor of recent Fed-speak, which reinforced the notion of rates being higher for longer.
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Nearly five years have passed since the U.S. economy started its post-crisis recovery.
