President Trump spoke yesterday regarding the U.S. and China trade negotiations and indicated that the March 1 deadline to reach a deal was not a firm date.
Wrapping up the current round of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, trade representative Lighthizer indicated that both sides have made headway on very important and difficult issues.
Equity markets are pointing to a higher open this morning, following indications from President Trump that he would be willing to extend the lower taxes on Chinese imported goods for an additional 60 days.
One of the key challenges at the moment for investors is that geopolitical issues are increasingly dominating markets, overtaking financial fundamentals. The end result, of course, is large market swings seemingly driven more by headlines than economic data or earnings reports.
The year 2018 ended with higher short-term interest rates and heightened volatility across equity markets. For 2019, we expect the latter to continue, as markets will need to reconcile lower global growth, as well as a bear flattened yield curve.
Foresters Asset Management Inc ("FAM") is pleased to announce that it has become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI).
Foresters Asset Management (“FAM”) formally incorporated a Responsible Investment (“RI”) framework into all of our imaxx™ funds in 2018, including both our equity and fixed income portfolios.
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