Week in Review #386

Week in Review #386

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...
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 #363

Week in Review #363

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...
Week in Review #362

Week in Review #362

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...
Week in Review #361

Week in Review #361

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....