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I wanted to touch upon Mr. Fink’s comments about the pension fund re-balancing.  With the S&P 500 up 25% year-to-date, funds rebalancing their equity exposure to get back in line with their respective allocations makes sense. But my question is, where are they going to go with the cash?  Bonds? If I’m a PM at […]

Interestingly, the initial reaction to the conclusion of the “Plenum” was one of disappointment, but we’re seeing a reverse “devil in the details” effect. In other words, the more details we get, the more the market likes the reforms that are being enacted.

It was a relatively quiet week economically speaking, and the “highlight” was the Yellen testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. She was more “dovish” on the margin than generally was expected, although it’s safe to say nothing really new came from the testimony.