Week in Review #249

Week in Review #249

Summing Up The Week The debt ceiling debate drove a lot of the price action this week, finally. I say “finally” because many analysts had anticipated the approaching debt ceiling deadline to cause a selloff in stocks, but it never happened. The markets...
Week in Review #247

Week in Review #247

Summing Up The Week Despite reports which came throughout the week showing inflation may be easing and the Federal Reserve Bank’s actions may be taking the desired effect, the looming deadline of the debt ceiling has sat in the market’s driver’s seat...
Week in Review #243

Week in Review #243

Summing Up The Week The markets recovered this week on the back of reports showing that inflation is weakening across the board from wholesale to consumer prices. Combine these reports with last Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report which showed the economy is...
Week in Review #242

Week in Review #242

Summing Up The Week A holiday-shortened trading week certainly doesn’t mean it will be a slow one. Despite markets being closed on Friday for the Good Friday / Easter Holiday, a deluge of negative news catalysts flipped markets from the exuberance seen last week...
Week in Review #241

Week in Review #241

Summing Up The Week Some investors may have been confused as to why the markets rallied this week despite generally bearish overtones on the macroeconomic and geopolitical scale. Why would stocks rally when the banking crisis might not be over, Russia is potentially...