Week in Review #215

Week in Review #215

Summing Up The Week The seasonal volatility continued this week with markets whipsawing up and down on any news story, good or bad. Between the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, crazy economic policies by a newbie government in Britain, and mixed inflation data...
Week in Review #213

Week in Review #213

Summing Up The Week Almost everyone in the professional space believed that this week’s inflation reading would come in better than expected, so when the report came in hot, the markets lost an entire week’s worth of progress in a matter of minutes....
Week in Review #212

Week in Review #212

Summing Up The Week The holiday-shortened week meant that the stock market didn’t entirely return to normal this week as some of the investment professionals choose to wait until next week to return to work full-time from summer vacations. Regardless, trading...
Week in Review #211

Week in Review #211

Summing Up The Week The markets were left reeling after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish speech from Jackson Hole last week. And the news didn’t get any easier this week, either. Jobs data showed strength and a strong labor market means...
Week in Review #210

Week in Review #210

Summing Up The Week While there were some significant earnings reports and data releases this week, the priority for the stock market was the Federal Reserve’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaking on Friday. In other...