Week in Review #377

Week in Review #377

Summing Up The Week With the government shutdown approaching record lengths, there has been a dearth of economic datapoints. In fact, this week marks two months in a row where we haven’t received updated payroll reports, a key indicator of the health of the U.S....
Week in Review #374

Week in Review #374

Summing Up The Week I still chuckle to myself when I think of all the “analysts” who were claiming volatility would be dead after President Donald Trump was re-elected. Many were looking at the average volatility of Trump’s first term and, on...
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 #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 #356

Week in Review #356

Summing Up The Week No amount of fundamental data or analysis can protect an investment against geopolitical risks. The “known unknowns” will always take markets lower, sometimes as much as “unknown unknowns.” Despite positive news on trade...