Week in Review #350

Week in Review #350

Summing Up The Week This week proved that the labor market remains strong in the U.S. despite a contracting economy. Inflation also appeared in March to slow which kept calls for stagflation at bay, for now. Unfortunately, the lagging data still hasn’t revealed...
Week in Review #347

Week in Review #347

Summing Up The Week President Donald Trump keeps bringing the hits when it comes to market-moving news. On Monday, indexes opened the day down significantly before recovering their losses more or less by the end of the day. Tuesday saw the reverse – stocks...
Week in Review #345

Week in Review #345

Summing Up The Week The stock market volatility continued through the week thanks to President Donald Trump announcing new tariffs while offering mixed messaging on existing tariffs as well as the reciprocal tariffs he plans to put on next week on April 2, the day he...
Week in Review #343

Week in Review #343

Summing Up The Week President Donald Trump’s tariff tirade continued to cause the market to sell off dramatically early in the week with the S&P 500 down nearly 3% and the Nasdaq down 4% on Monday alone.  Even cooling inflation data did little to nothing to...
Week in Review #339

Week in Review #339

Summing Up The Week Inflation delaying the next Federal Reserve interest rate cut was the drumbeat of the news this week with both the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) inflation gauges coming in hotter than expected. Federal Reserve Chairman...