Week in Review #231

Week in Review #231

Summing Up The Week As earnings season continued, the market was driven by two kinds of news this week: quarterly reports and anything related to the Fed. With the majority of news stories released this shortened holiday week leaning bearish, the hangover from the...
Week in Review #229

Week in Review #229

Summing Up The Week The first few trading days of a new year seem to typically be filled with confusion about which way the market wants to go, and 2023 was certainly no different. The first two days saw flat performance, Thursday sold off, and Friday rallied....
Week in Review #224

Week in Review #224

Summing Up The Week The week started off rocky following protests against Covid controls in China and unease about Fed Chair Powell’s upcoming speech on Wednesday. However, markets exploded to the upside when Powell revealed that the Fed is considering slowing...
Week in Review #220

Week in Review #220

Summing Up The Week As has become the norm during a week with a Federal Reserve meeting, the markets traded relatively flat to down before Wednesday’s Fed announcement of its new interest rate hike and plans for the future of its fight against inflation. Naturally,...
Week in Review #216

Week in Review #216

Summing Up The Week While a brief yet substantial relief rally kicked off the week on the back of hopes that Australia’s Central Bank may be pivoting as it reduced the rate hike expected by analysts, the rally was stalled throughout the rest of the week on the...