Jan 9, 2026
Summing Up The Week Stock market participants shook off the United States’ invasion of Venezuela, surprising many pundits who anticipated a selloff as the result of increased military conflict. Instead, stocks rallied to kick off the first full trading week of...
Dec 5, 2025
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...
Aug 1, 2025
Summing Up The Week The stock market was humming along all week, ignoring tariffs and shrugging off the Federal Reserve keeping the interest rate steady… until Friday’s jobs report when all hell broke loose. Stocks have been trending higher based on the...
Jul 25, 2025
Summing Up The Week While there were mediocre news reports with economic datapoints this week, the real news was President Donald Trump announcing his “massive” trade deal with Japan on Tuesday evening. This sent stocks rallying to new record-breaking...
Jul 18, 2025
Summing Up The Week President Donald Trump continues to be the market mover when it comes to catalysts affecting the markets. The week kicked off following Trump announcing significant tariff increases on Canada, Mexico, and the European Union (EU) over the weekend....