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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.
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Liz Ann Sonders
December 10, 2018
U.S. economic growth was strong in 2018, but some of the forces behind that strength were either short-term or likely to fade going forward.
Schwab Market Perspective
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Liz Ann Sonders
Jeffrey Kleintop
Brad Sorensen
December 07, 2018
After a more volatile 2018, there are continued concerns investors are set to face in 2019—are they building to a major problem, or merely minor bumps in the road?
Truce: He Said, Xi Said
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Liz Ann Sonders
December 03, 2018
Stocks are applauding the truce which resulted from Presidents Trump and Xi dinner this weekend; but enthusiasm curbing over the next three months may be warranted.
The Best Way to Travel: Musings from Asia
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Liz Ann Sonders
November 19, 2018
After traveling to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore last week, I reminisce about some of the more lively discussions we had with our Asian clients and investors.
Higher Ground: Wage Growth Makes its Move
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Liz Ann Sonders
November 05, 2018
There was much to cheer in October’s jobs report, especially wage growth; but that tends to come at a “price” of tighter monetary conditions.
Sympathy for the Devil in the Details of Leading Economic Indicators
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Liz Ann Sonders
October 22, 2018
Investors often focus on the “good/bad” level of economic indicators, without regard to the stock market’s keen ability to sniff out “better/worse” inflection points.
An End Has a Start: Keeping an Eye on Recession Indicators
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Liz Ann Sonders
October 08, 2018
Although the runway between now and the next recession remains fairly long, there are some factors signaling that we may need to start the countdown clock fairly soon.
With or Without You: Can the Economy Still Hum if Housing Falters?
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Liz Ann Sonders
September 24, 2018
With the rise in mortgage rates accompanying a rash of weaker housing data, attention is back on whether housing remains a leading economic indicator.
Second Hand News: Facing a Second Derivative Economic Inflection Point?
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Liz Ann Sonders
August 13, 2018
The absolute levels of most economic data points remain healthy, but signs abound of second derivative inflection points in growth, inflation and volatility.
Sugar Magnolia: Is the Economy’s/Earnings’ Surge a Sugar High or Sustainable?
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Liz Ann Sonders
July 30, 2018
The economy and earnings grabbed headlines last week; with a sharp acceleration in real GDP growth, and concerns about earnings thanks to Facebook’s face plant.

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