If you’re just waking up to seeing U.S. equity futures up by more than 1%, you’re likely in a better mood than last week, when markets ended the week with the major averages down more than 1 percent. It’s been one thing after the other causing markets to decline since February. But this week marks…
Earlier this month, Target released its Q4 2017 results alongside 2018 guidance. The release brought with it selling pressure on the stock, which has yet to recover and as the broader market experiences steep declines. Much of the reaction to the Q4 2017 results was a result of a stock price that had stormed higher…
This is the kind of equity market atmosphere or climate can often find investors on the outs, giving up on equities and lacking for long-term vision. For more than a month, the major averages have found themselves correcting by over 10% only to rally by 6% and now with the Dow and S&P 500 back…
Up, down and all around went the markets yesterday and post the Fed rate hike announcement. The FOMC, led by Jerome Powell, approved the widely expected quarter-point hike that puts the new benchmark funds rate at a target of 1.5% to 1.75 percent. It was the sixth rate hike since the Federal Open Market Committee…
One thing after another has been holding the major averages in a pretty narrow range as of late. Most issues surround the White House while others are more market or economy specific. If we were to line up the market concerns they might look as they are bullet pointed below and in no specific order…
Yesterday proved to be a most interesting trading day with the Dow falling as much as 490+ points. The most interesting point of the major averages, which fell in unison, is that they did so in such a steady and methodical fashion. Panic and great volume was absent the decline that happened in a more…
Long-term investing is largely about corporate earnings, sales and the ability of a corporation to deliver a reasonable return on invested capital to its respective shareholder base. Sometimes, however, investors do need to calculate other variables as a means of setting investing goals and expectations for invested capital returns. While economic conditions should always be…
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After some rather innocuous economic data yesterday, equities finished the day rather uneven yesterday and across the major averages with the Dow Jones Industrial average the only index finishing higher. Today’s economic data will be highlighted through consumer sentiment and housing starts. The data comes as bond yields are seemingly peaking… for the moment? Bond…
As reported yesterday by the Commerce Department, February retail sales fell month-over-month and for a 3rd consecutive month. It’s important to discern the decline was MoM and not year-over-year as total retail sales continue to grow in the United States. The Commerce Department reported that retail sales slipped 0.1% last month with economists forecasting growth…
