2016 Q1 Fixed Income Commentary

It seems that 2015 market volatility has followed us into the first quarter of 2016. On February 11th, the S&P 500 was down 10%, only to end the quarter up 1.3%. Few foreign equity markets made it into the black. China and Japan both ended the quarter in negative territory, down 17.2% and 12% respectively. US Economic growth for the quarter looks poor; however, first quarter economic statistics are notoriously misleading…

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