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Roosevelt Investments - Second Quarter Review

Posted by WrapManager's Investment Policy Committee

July 12, 2013

Roosevelt Investments' All Cap Core Equity Team reviews the second quarter and gives their outlook for the rest of the year.

"Equity markets were volatile in the last half of the second quarter, demonstrating investor sensitivity to statements from the Federal Reserve regarding the future of its quantitative easing program. Concerns about Fed policy dominated capital markets in the second quarter, generating volatility in stock and bond prices. Despite some hair-raising moments, U.S. equities ultimately continued their upward trajectory."

 

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