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Markets entered last week with elevated anticipated and left with even sharper convictions. Weak U.S. labor data tilted sentiment decisively toward faster Fed easing, while equity markets used that prospect as a springboard to yet another round of record highs. Bond markets echoed that view. US 10-year yield broke briefly below 4%, sending a signal […]

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