Week in Review #356

Week in Review #356

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...
Week in Review #354

Week in Review #354

Summing Up The Week While the last week may have been a shortened trading week thanks to the Memorial Day weekend, the list of prominent news events was certainly not short. The market received a bullish shot in the arm over the last weekend when Trump delayed his 50%...
Week in Review #349

Week in Review #349

Summing Up The Week Even in the throes of earnings season with economic datapoints released nearly daily, the movement of the markets has been dominated by comments from the Trump administration, China, and talk of tariffs and the the ongoing Trade War. On Monday, the...
Week in Review #348

Week in Review #348

Summing Up The Week The shortened trading week (thanks to the Good Friday holiday) started off relatively benign without a whole lot of volatility, a welcome change in comparison to the past two weeks. However, when consumer spending revealed a front-running of buying...
Week in Review #347

Week in Review #347

Summing Up The Week President Donald Trump keeps bringing the hits when it comes to market-moving news. On Monday, indexes opened the day down significantly before recovering their losses more or less by the end of the day. Tuesday saw the reverse – stocks...