Nov 22, 2019
Summing Up The Week The markets were relatively flat this week. While that can be disappointing to some, the lack of downward movement is significant given the amount of negative news stories involving the U.S. China Trade War. What’s keeping the markets so...
Nov 1, 2019
Summing Up The Week Quality earnings, an improved GDP, better private payrolls, an interest rate cut, a great jobs report, and China even looks like it may be (again) planning to deal with the U.S. – it’s been a heck of a week! However, with so many...
Oct 25, 2019
Summing Up The Week Despite signs from major industrial companies Boeing (BA) and Caterpillar (CAT) indicating a global macroeconomic slowdown, the markets closed the week surprisingly upbeat. However, October is historically a negative month, particularly if...
Oct 4, 2019
Summing Up The Week The market once again demonstrated how it’s favoring the downside when negative news sent the indexes tumbling throughout the week until the U.S. jobs report released Friday started to turn things around. Just when it started to look like...
Aug 2, 2019
Summing Up The Week There are slow news weeks and then there are not-so-slow news weeks. And then there was this week – insane. Earnings, economic reports, and a “surprise” announcement from Trump that there are new China tariffs on the horizon...