Week in Review #141

Week in Review #141

Summing Up The Week While the indexes did make new all-time highs once again this week, it seems as if the markets may actually be exhausted as was hinted to last week. The week saw good news both for Covid and the U.S. economy, yet the news stories did little to push...
Week in Review #136

Week in Review #136

Summing Up The Week The stock market has become unimpressed with comments from the Fed and the Treasury, selling off despite repeated positive commentary and potential positive indications that the economy is recovering. Investors continue to rotate out of growth...
Week in Review #135

Week in Review #135

Summing Up The Week The week started slow as investors waited to hear what comments would come from the Federal Reserve Bank on Wednesday. In fact, Tuesday was nearly flat as no one wanted to make a move without knowing how Wednesday’s Fed meeting would go....
Week in Review #133

Week in Review #133

Summing Up The Week Volatility has returned to the markets in a big way as the indexes whipsawed wildly nearly every day this week with the S&P 500 regularly seeing day swings of more than 1.25% (just for a reference – the indexes typically move about 0.5%...
Week in Review #132

Week in Review #132

Summing Up The Week While there’s always plenty of news in the markets, the key takeaway this week was the rising 10-Year Treasury Bond yield, which hit a one-year high of 1.49% on Thursday.  Do the bond yields signal the end of the Bull Market in stocks? Read...