Nov 8, 2019
Summing Up The Week Positive economic reports combined with positive quarterly earnings from companies to result in all-new highs on the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and NASDAQ indexes this week. With the potential of a Phase One U.S.-China Trade Deal...
Nov 1, 2019
Summing Up The Week Quality earnings, an improved GDP, better private payrolls, an interest rate cut, a great jobs report, and China even looks like it may be (again) planning to deal with the U.S. – it’s been a heck of a week! However, with so many...
Oct 25, 2019
Summing Up The Week Despite signs from major industrial companies Boeing (BA) and Caterpillar (CAT) indicating a global macroeconomic slowdown, the markets closed the week surprisingly upbeat. However, October is historically a negative month, particularly if...
Oct 18, 2019
Summing Up The Week The week kicked off with China telling the U.S. to calm down and not get too excited over the “phase 1 trade agreement.” Things seemed to get rosy when JP Morgan (JPM) and the other banks reported good quarterly earning only to have the...
Oct 11, 2019
Summing Up The Week Financials or Freedoms? The double-edged sword of American business. The U.S. China Trade War brought up an interesting philosophical argument this week as many American companies backpedaled and sacrificed many ideals thought to be instrumental to...
Oct 4, 2019
Summing Up The Week The market once again demonstrated how it’s favoring the downside when negative news sent the indexes tumbling throughout the week until the U.S. jobs report released Friday started to turn things around. Just when it started to look like...