Everything American Hits All-Time Highs

(Bloomberg) -- ‘Buy American’ has never felt this good for investors.

The total return indexes for the S&P 500 Index, U.S. investment-grade corporate bonds, high-yield debt, and sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt have risen to record levels in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s signal it stands ready to lower interest rates for the first time in over a decade.

This is the first time since July 2016, when markets shook off a brief swoon following the results of the Brexit referendum, that all these asset classes have traded at their peaks simultaneously.

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