Summing Up The Week I still chuckle to myself when I think of all the “analysts” who were claiming volatility would be dead after President Donald Trump was re-elected. Many were looking at the average volatility of Trump’s first term and, on...
Summing Up The Week The market shrugged off bad news for much of the week with stocks heading higher and both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq making new all-time highs. However, that all changed on Friday when a much weaker than expected payroll report sent a shock through...
Summing Up The Week The stock market was humming along all week, ignoring tariffs and shrugging off the Federal Reserve keeping the interest rate steady… until Friday’s jobs report when all hell broke loose. Stocks have been trending higher based on the...
Summing Up The Week No amount of fundamental data or analysis can protect an investment against geopolitical risks. The “known unknowns” will always take markets lower, sometimes as much as “unknown unknowns.” Despite positive news on trade...
Summing Up The Week There’s no sense in bearing the lead – the announced progress in the U.S.-China trade talks drove the markets significantly higher this week when the two countries announced a 90-day tariff pause on Monday. This sent the S&P 500 up...
