Week in Review #368

Week in Review #368

Summing Up The Week The market shrugged off bad news for much of the week with stocks heading higher and both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq making new all-time highs. However, that all changed on Friday when a much weaker than expected payroll report sent a shock through...
Week in Review #365

Week in Review #365

Summing Up The Week The name of the game this week was mixed inflation reports. Initially, the markets roared higher on the back of consumer prices rising less than expected in July only to get jolted when wholesale prices came in hot on Thursday.  While businesses...
Week in Review #364

Week in Review #364

Summing Up The Week Did Apple (AAPL) just save the stock market? After a week that saw a weakening consumer resulting in inflation and a flat services PMI number followed by President Donald Trump announcing exorbitant 50% tariffs on India, stocks finished the week...
Week in Review #363

Week in Review #363

Summing Up The Week The stock market was humming along all week, ignoring tariffs and shrugging off the Federal Reserve keeping the interest rate steady… until Friday’s jobs report when all hell broke loose. Stocks have been trending higher based on the...
Week in Review #362

Week in Review #362

Summing Up The Week While there were mediocre news reports with economic datapoints this week, the real news was President Donald Trump announcing his “massive” trade deal with Japan on Tuesday evening. This sent stocks rallying to new record-breaking...