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“Historically, late year markets are slightly more favorable, but only by enough to reward those who are already participating, not those waiting for a postcard perfect entry.”

“This allows Treasury to postpone testing demand for longer duration until market conditions—and policy preferences—become more favorable,” the strategists write.

“We don’t view valuation alone as a catalyst,” he wrote, while noting that stocks with both compelling valuations and ”favorable” trends in fundamentals offer promising risk/reward balances.

“The risk/reward is too one-sided and there’s a good chance buyers may be able to pick up the stock in more favorable conditions.”

Under that statute, offering or giving a foreign public official an advantage in return for favorable treatment can trigger criminal charges, potentially carrying prison time or fines.