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Schwab strategists warn of a major market shift: The era of easy index gains is officially over

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Schwab strategists warn of a major market shift: The era of easy index gains is officially over
The ‘great moderation’ is over. Welcome to the temperamental era of investing, strategists say.
Investors have a way of looking past geopolitical storms, as the seesaw performance on Wednesday shows following the latest U.S.-Iran clashes.
Such tensions, though, may be here to stay, says our call of the day from Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, and Kevin Gordon, head of macroeconomic research and strategy at the financial-services company, who say we’ve entered what they dub the “temperamental era” that will bring more inflation volatility and supply shocks.

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The text reads like a direct excerpt from financial news commentary, attributing a market prediction to named strategists.

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low severity: Moderate sentence length variance; direct and punchy opening.
low severity: Direct statement of a warning with immediate attribution, lacking excessive hedging.
low severity: Standard journalistic attribution style; no obvious template matching evident in this short excerpt.
low severity: Relies on direct quotes and attributed statements about market shifts, typical of financial commentary.
Human Indicators
The use of specific names (Sonders, Gordon) and titles implies sourcing from established financial reporting structures.
The tone is assertive ('the era... is officially over') balanced by measured caution ('temperamental era').