Week in Review #99

Week in Review #99

Summing Up The Week The markets remained relatively flat for the majority of the week until Thursday when COVID-19 coronavirus news caused a turnaround in market sentiment. Add to COVID a variety of negative economic indicators, and July could prove to be a volatile...
Week in Review #98

Week in Review #98

Summing Up The Week Even with a shortened trading week thanks to Independence Day, the markets kicked off the week in a big way as COVID-19 news flooded in over the weekend thanks to another record number of new cases on Friday. Despite the negative numbers, the...
Week in Review #97

Week in Review #97

Summing Up The Week While the markets were distracted for a moment on Monday night after a senior advisor to the president claimed the China Trade deal “was over,” the miscommunication was resolved and the markets refocused their attention on coronavirus...
Week in Review #96

Week in Review #96

Summing Up The Week The week was quite volatile with the market swinging both directions thanks to a spate of both good and bad news, kicking off the week with a bit of a selloff and switching to a rally when manufacturing and potential COVID-19 treatments made...
Week in Review #95

Week in Review #95

Black Lives Matter While I try to stick closely to the matters affecting the markets on Get Irked, the horrific murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many other black Americans combined with the mistreatment of minorities in the United States...