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 #383

Week in Review #383

Summing Up The Week The delayed November jobs report drove this week’s price action when investors learned the labor market may be weaker than even the Bears thought, losing 105,000 jobs in October and only making 64,000 new ones to replace them in November....
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 #372

Week in Review #372

Summing Up The Week Despite the government shutdown limiting the release of critical datapoints like September’s payroll report, investors ignored any of the negative aspects of the ineptitude of American politicians. The indexes all roared to record highs this...
Week in Review #371

Week in Review #371

Summing Up The Week Despite a rough start to the week, Friday’s as-expected inflation report stopped the selloff which had been plaguing the indexes for weeks and provided a bit of relief for Bulls. Overall, September has absolutely not lived up to its...