Week in Review #306

Week in Review #306

Summing Up The Week The economic datapoints for the week came in fairly in-line, not causing much of a market reaction in either direction as stocks continued to grind higher. The real market-moving catalyst was Thursday’s Presidential Debate, where President...
Week in Review #305

Week in Review #305

Summing Up The Week The markets continued to rally over the course of the holiday-shortened week on the back of what at least pundit nicknamed “Softilocks.” A combination of softening economic data with increasing unemployment has created a...
Week in Review #304

Week in Review #304

Summing Up The Week Could the Federal Reserve actually pull of a “Soft Landing?” It’s certainly starting to look that way. With last week’s jobs report showing rising unemployment potentially indicating a cooling economy, and both the CPI and...
Week in Review #303

Week in Review #303

Summing Up The Week The markets continue to look for any metric that might indicate the Federal Reserve could begin cutting interest rates soon which means we’re still very much in the “bad news is good news” approach to catalysts. Monday’s...
Week in Review #302

Week in Review #302

Summing Up The Week While many think the tried-and-true stock market adage is “Sell in May and Go Away” due to professional traders going on vacation for the summer, the original quote was actually “Buy in May and Make Some Hay.” While the...