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....
Pandemic Portfolio #36

Pandemic Portfolio #36

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Week in Review #227

Week in Review #227

Summing Up The Week This week defined whipsaw action, kicking off when the Bank of Japan widened its bond yield, a move the country’s central bank hasn’t done in decades.  Then, Nike (NKE) and FedEx (FDX) reported good quarters Tuesday evening to make...
Week in Review #226

Week in Review #226

Summing Up The Week The markets flew into the week with far too much bullish optimism only to have that hopeful outlook sliced and diced by a very hawkish Federal Reserve on Wednesday and weak economic figures later in the week. Let’s take a look at the news...
Week in Review #225

Week in Review #225

Summing Up The Week The markets seemed to finally wake up to reality this week. After last week’s rally on the back of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s interview where he said the Fed would likely hike less than 0.75% in the December meeting, it felt...