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Dow
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10,578.74 |
+14.36 |
+0.14%
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Nasdaq
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2,358.95 |
+18.27 |
+0.78%
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S&P 500
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1,147.12 |
+6.67 |
+0.58%
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30 Year Bond(%)
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4.69%
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0.016 |
+0.34%
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10 Year Note(%)
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3.73%
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0.024 |
+0.65%
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5 Year Note(%)
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2.38%
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0.045 |
+1.93%
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13 Week Bill(%)
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0.15%
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-0.005 |
-3.33%
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As of Wednesday, March 10, 2:56 PM |
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The Investment Strategy Committee (ISC) is made up of seasoned investment professionals at Hartford Investment
Management. Its role is to determine the firm's view on cyclical and secular trends in the macro-economy and to set
the firm's top-down view on interest rates, yield curve and sector positioning.
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Treasury Infl ation-Protected Securities (TIPS) were designed to mitigate the risk of infl ation and its effects on the
purchasing power of an investor's capital, as the income they produce is directly linked to infl ation. While TIPS
have this unique advantage during infl ationary periods, they also typically exhibit a high degree of interest rate
risk due to their longer duration.
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We entered 2009 in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression. Jobs were being shed at an unprecedented rate in the post-war era while the global banking system was at best fragile and at worst on the brink of total collapse.
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Hartford Investment Management Company continues to strengthen its investment management capabilities with the hiring of Joseph Darcy as executive vice president and sector head of municipal finance. Darcy joined the firm January 25, 2010.
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As of September 30, 2009, the bank loan market, as measured by the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index, returned an astounding 39.77% year-to-date.
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Inflation expectations continue to recover from the very depressed levels we saw at the end of 2008 and the 1st Quarter of 2009.
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The Investment Strategy Committee (ISC) is made up of seasoned investment professionals at Hartford Investment
Management. Its role is to determine the firm's view on cyclical and secular trends in the macro-economy and to set
the firm's top-down view on interest rates, yield curve and sector positioning.
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Government programs have substituted for consumption and capital spending by corporations to provide a boost to US growth. The same narrative is unfolding worldwide.
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Over the past seven months, we have witnessed the biggest rally in the history of the bank loan market with the loan index up over 30% year to date (as of 7/31) as represented by the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index.
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The U.S. Economy continued to weigh on the consumer and businesses in the second quarter. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures declined by close to 2% year-over-year as the unemployment rate reached 9.5%. Industrial production recorded a negative 13.4% year-over-year decline, a number not recorded since World War II, and capacity utilization is the worst it has been since the Federal Reserve started tracking the statistic in 1967.
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The role of diversification within an investment portfolio is to manage risk without sacrificing return. This is
generally achieved by combining a variety of uncorrelated equity and fixed income asset classes and holding
them through multiple economic cycles.
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For years, banks and other financial companies have used hybrid securities to raise regulatory capital.
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At Hartford Investment Management, our asset management services reflect our clearly defined mission - understanding our clients' needs and responding by providing a range of long-term investment solutions.
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The U.S. recession deepened in the first quarter. Real personal consumption expenditures fell by more than 1% year over year as rising unemployment reduced personal incomes to forty year lows. Industrial production declined by 11.8% from a year earlier the sharpest drop in more than three decades.
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The technical or supply/demand environment remains supportive of prices and has been the main driver of higher prices over the last month.
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For the average couple, few decisions are more important than choosing an allocation of financial assets that will get them to retirement and beyond.
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Asset managers often try to put a floor under the price of stocks they hold, typicallyby buying "put options," which entitle the holder to sell a stock at a certain price by (or on) a certain date.
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The current financial crisis is the worst in nearly 80 years. Like most financial crises, it is characterized by a vicious cycle of rapidly declining asset prices and forced deleveraging.
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