Week in Review #389

Week in Review #389

Summing Up The Week The past week featured a mix of resilience and volatility as major indices navigated a flurry of earnings reports, geopolitical headlines, and speculation around President Donald Trump’s nomination for the next Federal Reserve Chair. The...
Week in Review #388

Week in Review #388

Summing Up The Week Markets were whipsawed this week as geopolitical shockwaves collided with fresh inflation data, sending investors scrambling to reassess risk. The turmoil began over the weekend when President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on NATO allies...
Week in Review #381

Week in Review #381

Summing Up The Week This week we saw examples of both bad news being good news and good news being good news. First, a private survey in China showed a contraction in their factory activity, potentially showing a slowdown in the global economy. Then, ADP’s...
Week in Review #376

Week in Review #376

Summing Up The Week The week kicked off with a bang as markets rallied on the back of promises from the Trump Administration that a deal would be ironed out with China. On Wednesday, the party got busted when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell came out hawkish...
Week in Review #374

Week in Review #374

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...