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• A good for week equities
• Our portfolio strategy benchmarks continue to rebound

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US real estate investment trusts (REITs) topped returns for the major asset classes in March, rising 4.4%. The gain follows a second-place rally in February for domestic property shares.

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* Biden outlines $2 trillion infrastructure plan
* Businesses voice opposition to Georgia’s restrictive changes in voting laws
* China manufacturing growth slowed to softest pace in nearly a year
* Eurozone mfg output accelerated to record high growth in March via PMI data
* US pending home sales fell sharply in Feb due to lowest supply in history
* Chicago PMI, a regional economic indicator, rose in March to highest since 2018
* US dollar’s share of global reserves falls to 25-year low
* US companies added jobs in March at fastest pace since September: