Predictions: The stock market could surge 7% this week as quarter-end re-balancing leads to a buying spree in equities, according to JPMorgan. The bank expects re-balancing trades to favor equities after a year-to-date decline of nearly 20%. "Next week's re-balance is important since equity markets were down significantly over the past month, quarter and six-month time periods."
Markets: With the S&P having plunged nearly 18% this year, expect W. Buffett to preach the value of value stocks (aka steady, non-flashy public companies). By one measure, they're on track to beat growth stocks by the widest margin in more than two decades, according to the WSJ.
Global economy: Russia defaulted on its foreign-currency sovereign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918 after failing to pay bondholders $100 million worth of interest by the end of a 30-day grace period. The default marks the beginning of a complex legal journey for bondholders, but it's not expected to have any major consequences for the Russian economy, which has already been battered by Western sanctions.
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