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Market Scorecard Monthly Commentary January was a generally strong month in stock and bond markets with the S&P, international and emerging market stocks rallying. The Federal Reserve maintained it's current target while offering very little hints on it's future moves. It's still unclear what is going to happen with Obamacare, corporate and personal tax rates, Dodd-Frank reform, amongst other promises made on the campaign trail. The Mexican border wall seems to be a focus although families who own land along border might not be happy with imminent domain claims. Obamacare rhetoric went from repeal and replace to let's fix what's currently wrong with it. A recent article by Bloomberg suggests we are at least a year off before a replacement is ...
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