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Content with Liz Ann Sonders
Liz Ann Sonders
Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Strategist, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Liz Ann Sonders has a range of investment strategy responsibilities reaching from market and economic analysis to investor education, all focused on the individual investor. She analyzes and interprets the economy and markets on behalf of Schwab’s clients.

It’s Late: So Says the Profits Spread and Leading Indicators
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Liz Ann Sonders
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October 21, 2019
We may be at a moment of truth of sorts for both profits and leading economic indicators as they relate to where we are in the economic cycle.
Schwab Market Perspective
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Liz Ann Sonders
Jeffrey Kleintop
Kevin Gordon
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October 11, 2019
With a resurfacing in trade tensions and persistent economic uncertainties, investors should prepare for further volatility.
Welcome to the Working Week: A Look at the State(s) of Employment
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Liz Ann Sonders
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October 07, 2019
Employment reports are increasingly in focus due to weak survey data and a risk that manufacturing’s weakness spills over to services/consumer segments.
Take Me to Your Leader: Analyzing the Latest Leading Indicators
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Liz Ann Sonders
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September 23, 2019
The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index was flat last month; and although at a cycle high, it remains in a flattish trend over the past year.
The Final Cut … or More to Come?
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Liz Ann Sonders
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September 18, 2019
In line with expectations, the FOMC cut rates by 25 basis points; also lowering the IOER by 30 basis points to address liquidity problems in the repo market.
Chop, Chop, Chop: Stocks’ Choppy Behavior Around Trade News
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Liz Ann Sonders
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September 09, 2019
Stocks recently broke out of their short-term range on “good” trade news; but trying to trade around trade-related news has been a treacherous exercise.
War (What is it Good For?)
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Liz Ann Sonders
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August 26, 2019
Economic uncertainty has spiked given the escalating U.S.-China trade war; with increasing risk it weakens the dividing line between the manufacturing and consumer sectors.
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Liz Ann Sonders
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August 15, 2019
Why doing nothing may be the better response to market volatility.
Recession Watch (or Distant Early Warning?)
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Liz Ann Sonders
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August 12, 2019
Current economic conditions do not look recessionary, but risks are rising and if we’re heading into one, it’s possible it already started.
Tyrannosaurus Debt: A “Deep Dive” Look at Debt and its Burden(s)
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Liz Ann Sonders
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July 29, 2019
The national debt and deficits remain at worrisome levels, spawning questions of how economic growth will be affected and whether we will hit another wall.

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