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Market Commentary – 8/28/15

The U.S., European, and Asian equity markets experienced tremendous volatility this past week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing more than 1,000 points Monday morning. However, the global markets did rebound during the middle of the week to take back most of the losses suffered Monday.

On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported that GDP expanded at a 3.7% seasonally adjusted annual rate in the Spring. This positive GDP number, along with China priming the monetary pump with its own Quantitative Easing (QE) stimulus program, led the equity markets higher.

Even with the massive volatility surrounding equities and the tame inflation numbers, U.S. bonds did not benefit, with significantly lower yields. With the 10 year U.S.Treasury hovering around 2.18%, we remain slightly biased toward locking as bonds trade between resistance and support levels.

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