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The Weekly Five
250 Years in the Making
Investors have plenty to digest as we enter the holiday weekend, including this morning’s jobs report, the European Central Bank summit, USMCA negotiations, and an announced Palantir-Nvidia partnership. CIO Eric Freedman unpacks the data in this Weekly Five.
- Did the U.S. jobs report on Thursday represent a notable downshift from the last few months’ trend?
- Did we learn anything new about interest rate policy from the central bank summit in Sintra, Portugal this past week?
- What does the announcement that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will not be renewed in its current form mean for international commerce?
- How are markets interpreting this week’s labor data and central bank summit?
- The technology world is buzzing about the announced Palantir-Nvidia partnership; what are the implications for investors?

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