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Collapsing Yield Curve: Are recession fears valid?

Between an escalation of trade wars and Fed Chair Powell’s disappointing messaging on “mid-cycle-adjustments”, investors have been spooked by the recession bogeyman for well over a year

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MAST Asset Allocation Outlook - “The only way to Avoid Mistakes…”

Positioning was unchanged in July, reflecting lingering trade uncertainty while expecting central-bank easing to extend the cycle.

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Proposed Termination of Three BMO Exchange Traded Funds

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09/04/2019

Collapsing Yield Curve: Are recession fears valid? Between an escalation of trade wars and Fed Chair Powell’s disappointing messaging on “mid-cycle-adjustments”, investors have been spooked by the recession bogeyman for well over a year

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8/19/2019

MAST Asset Allocation Outlook - “The only way to Avoid Mistakes…” Positioning was unchanged in July, reflecting lingering trade uncertainty while expecting central-bank easing to extend the cycle.

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07/30/2019

Brexit update Brexit uncertainty continues in the UK. Leaving without a deal by October 31 is a distinct possibility, an early general election looks even more likely.

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07/26/2019

MAST Asset Allocation Outlook: The Fed is the Stock Market’s Best Friend At its June Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Fed formally capitulated to the bond market by downgrading its policy path and removing its “patient” guidance.

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Tariff-Man is Back President Trump’s trade-war tactics surprised markets once again by threatening Mexico with tariffs if Mexico could not limit the flow of migrants.

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Sell in May and Go Away? In light of the improving macro outlook, we added Emerging Markets (EM) stocks while underweighting Europe, where weare more cautious on the macro upswing.

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Recession Fears: Déjà vu All over Again We remain slightly overweight equities, in particular in the U.S. In fixed income, duration is still unattractive given the flatness of the yield curves.

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Multi-Asset Solutions Team (MAST) Asset Allocation Outlook - March 2019 To paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous quote, the death of this nearly 10-year long stock rally has been rumoured ad nauseam with several market commentators calling the top. With investors failing to embrace the rally, it has even been called ‘the most hated stock market rally of all times’.

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The Factors Speak for Themselves As asset prices “decouple” in later stages of the economic cycle, the need for a broadly diversified portfolio grows stronger. Fred Demers, Director, Multi-Asset Solutions Team, BMO Global Asset Management, argues that traditional splits across asset class, geography, and sectors may not be enough to mitigate downside risk, and Advisors should instead consider a factors-based approach for better, more efficient diversification in their clients’ portfolios.

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Thoughts from MAST’s Corner Office - February 2019 Monthly Commentary The meltdown of equity markets in December was a great opportunity to test investor’s thesis’ regarding the economic and Capital Markets outlook.

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Thoughts from MAST’s Corner Office - January 2019 Monthly Commentary Instead of celebrating a Santa rally, investors were left with a heavy lump of coal for Christmas as the S&P 500 fell 9% in December.

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The only certainty is uncertainty: Looking for answers in 2019 The global growth slowdown, rising trade tensions, plummeting oil prices, monetary policy anxiety and restive European politics cannot help but leave investors with a raft of questions heading into 2019. While we can never be fully certain that we’ve reached “peak uncertainty,” there is little doubt nearly every economy and market around the world must contend with risks related to these questions.

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Proposed Termination of Three BMO Exchange Traded Funds 7/31/2019

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds 7/22/2019

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds 4/18/2019

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BMO Global Asset Management Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series 3/20/2019

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BMO Global Asset Management Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series

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BMO ETFs 2018 Tax Parameters 2/22/2019

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds 2/19/2019

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BMO Investments Inc. Launches ETF Series for BMO Tactical Dividend ETF Fund

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Launches Three Asset Allocation ETFs, A New Way to Access BMO ETFs 2/15/2019

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Changes to the Risk-Ratings for Certain BMO ETF Listings

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BMO Asset Management Inc. Announces Changes to the Risk-Ratings for Certain BMO ETF Listings

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Global ETF Industry Set to Double in Next Five Years; Canadian Industry to See Even Faster Growth 1/31/2019

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