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...
Week in Review #352

Week in Review #352

Summing Up The Week There’s no sense in bearing the lead – the announced progress in the U.S.-China trade talks drove the markets significantly higher this week when the two countries announced a 90-day tariff pause on Monday. This sent the S&P 500 up...
Week in Review #347

Week in Review #347

Summing Up The Week President Donald Trump keeps bringing the hits when it comes to market-moving news. On Monday, indexes opened the day down significantly before recovering their losses more or less by the end of the day. Tuesday saw the reverse – stocks...
Week in Review #327

Week in Review #327

Summing Up The Week In my 26 years investing in the stock market, I’ve seen some absolutely crazy things from the dot-com crash to the near destruction of global financial markets during the Great Financial Crisis. However, as horrible as the negative catalysts...
Week in Review #325

Week in Review #325

Summing Up The Week No matter what the pundits have been saying about the markets pricing in an election win by President-Elect Donald Trump for weeks now, the unbelievable rally in stocks and Bitcoin following Tuesday’s sweep by Trump solidly proves the market...