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U.S. major equity averages finished July with solid gains, extending a rally recovery with the benchmark S&P 500 capping its best four-month gain since December 1998. Impressive July performance across diverse markets were backed by continuing fiscal and Federal Reserve stimulus programs aimed at relieving unprecedented economic effects resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Bullish sentiment was also fueled by better-than-expected earnings and meaningful progress toward developing COVID-19 vaccines. Yet after employment rebounded in May and June, many densely populated states began experiencing sizable increases in daily infection rates, prompting numerous state-ordered business re-closures. This in turn led to an increase in jobless claims during the latter half of July and a corresponding pullback in consumer confidence. Although widely expected, seasonally adjusted and annualized GDP plunged by a record 32.9% in the second quarter. This together with a 5% year-over-year GDP contraction during the first quarter marks 2020 with the largest two-quarter recession since at least 1947, when the data began. Mid cap stocks performed best relative to large and small caps last month. The Russell Mid Cap rose 5.87% in July, while the small cap-focused Russell 2000 Index trailed with a 2.77% gain. Large cap growth stocks outperformed their value counterparts last month. Growth is likewise outperforming value for the year, up 18.3% YTD while value trimmed its YTD loss to -12.95%. As the sector performance table illustrates below, all but one of the 11 major sector groups ended positive in July, with leadership broadening into non-tech cyclicals including Consumer Discretionary and Materials. Surprisingly, Technology was a “middle-of-the-pack” performer last month with a gain of 5.62% garnering just a sixth-place finish. Energy continued to lag in July and YTD. Foreign equity markets continued to recover but delivered uneven performance. Emerging markets widely outperformed, topping U.S. benchmark S&P 500 gains by 3.3%. Developed markets outside the U.S. and Canada trailed the American benchmark by the same amount. Globally, the MSCI All-Country World Index advanced 5.29%, while the same index excluding the USA gained 4.46%. | |
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U.S. Treasury prices advanced in July with benchmark 10-year yields eroding to 0.54% from 0.65% at the start of the month. Treasurys of all maturities, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government Index gained 1.10%, while the longer-term government bond index advanced 4.18%. Investment-grade bonds of all types returned about 1.5% in July. Meanwhile, July municipal bond performance more than doubled over June’s 0.82% gain, while higher-risk, non-investment grade high-yield corporate bonds performed best, up 4.69%. | |
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The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield Index measures the USD-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody's, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB+/BB+ or below, excluding emerging market debt. Payment-in-kind and bonds with predetermined step-up coupon provisions are also included. Eligible securities must have at least one year until final maturity, but in practice the index holdings has a fluctuating average life of around 6.3 years. This total return unhedged index was created in 1986, with history backfilled to July 1, 1983 and rebalances monthly. The Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index is comprised of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Agency Indices. The index includes U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate, nominal US Treasuries and US agency debentures (securities issued by US government owned or government sponsored entities, and debt explicitly guaranteed by the US government). 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The Russell 1000 Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe and is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. The Russell Midcap Index measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe and is a subset of the Russell 1000 Index. 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Monthly Recap | July 2020
August 04, 2020