When it was all said and done for the week, the S&P 500 ended up 0.59% from last Friday and closed the day 0.79% below its record high. The index is up 5.72% YTD (as of Jan. 1), finishing higher in 6 out of the last 7 weeks. This week has an-expected move at $34…
The chart below identifies the S&P 500 (SPX) movement through the trading week that was. And it was quite the roller coaster trading week with wild swings up and down. The major piece of headline making news that ultimately spirited the S&P 500 higher for the week came from the White House. Headlines offered that…...
Two of the most critical economic data points have shown that the economy is continuing to show improvement. The U.S. is a consumer driven economy and as such labor and employment remains atop the economic indicator reports for Finom Group. Initial jobless claims were released yesterday and as they are every Thursday. Initial jobless claims…
And when the markets head lower, the rhetoric surrounding Turkey’s debt and lira exacerbate. That pretty much sums up yesterday’s global equity market trading and media focus with most markets sharply lower, including U.S. indices. The reality surrounding Turkey’s current debt and currency woes is nothing new and seen many a time before. The debt…
U.S. equity markets bounced back yesterday with modest gains across the major indices. Standing out this Thursday, the small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 index hit an all-time high of 1,620.64. The index also closed at a record, ending at 1,616.37, a gain of 16.03 points, or 1 percent. This while the 10-yr T-bill continued its sell-off, producing…
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…
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…...
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…
Stay away from politics! At least that is what we’ll be trying to do today even as the headlines pour through the media. From the Pennsylvania district race to yesterday’s Presidential firing of Rex Tillerson it’s politics, politics and more politics. I often find that if you tune out a good deal of the political…
After the Dow Jones Industrial average shed some 3.3% last week, it kicked off the new trading week with a bang yesterday, gaining 336 points. It seemed as if some of the trade tariff fears subsided throughout the trading session and even as bond yields began to rise once again. House Speaker Ryan warned about the…
