Weekly Market Commentary
September 30th 2019 Eyes Wide Open and the Glass Half Full The past week saw continued selling in U.S. equity markets. The S&P 500 ended slightly more than 2% below alltime highs. Given all the recent impeachment noise, mixed messages regarding our trade with...
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September 23, 2019 Fed Cuts Interest Rates Again as We Continue to Keep our Head Above Water During the past week, major U.S indexes reached resistance at summer highs before pulling back and churning 1.3% lower (S&P 500). On Wednesday, Chairman Powell and the...
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Market Commentary for the Week Ending 9/13/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was an exciting week on Wall Street as US markets posted their third weekly advance. A de-escalation of trade tensions along with new central bank stimulus measures from the ECB and decent...
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Market Recap week ending 9/6/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Last week, the markets had their second consecutive weekly advance. More constructive headlines on trade negotiations between the US and China helped market sentiment. During the week China announced that trade...
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Market Recap week ending 8/30/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA After four straight weeks of declines, US markets rallied in the last week of August. The prior week’s escalation of trade tariffs between the US and China took a bit of a siesta last week. Early in the week,...
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Market recap for the week ending 8/23/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Investors were treated to another week of volatile markets as increased trade tensions between the US and China cast even more uncertainty on global growth. Markets kicked off the week in pretty good form...
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Market Recap Week ending 8/16/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA A volatile week of trading entertained investors as uncertainty around trade, and an inverted yield curve stoked fears of an impending recession. The major US equity indices ended the week with losses; however,...
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Market Recap Week ending 8/9/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was a turbulent week for investors as uncertainty on trade escalated between the US and China. Markets started the week deep in the red with the worst single-day performance of the year on news that the Chinese...
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August 5th, 2019 Stock Market Selloff Deepens After Fed Remarks and Trade Negotiation Setback As of this writing, stock markets around the globe are taking a beating. The selloff began on Wednesday of last week in response to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s...
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Market Recap for the week ending 7/26/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was an upbeat market last week as investors continued to applaud the majority of earnings results. A better than expected print on 2nd quarter GDP also aided the positive sentiment. Markets were also...
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Market Recap for the Week ending 7/19/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Despite a relatively good start to 2nd quarter earnings season, the major indices retreated last week. Part of the pullback was likely due to the realization that a 50 basis point cut is not likely at...
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Markets Hit New Highs in the Wake of Last Week's Fed Remarks Chairman Powell walked the line between giving too much and too little in the way of monetary accommodation during prepared remarks to Congress last week. Markets have responded positively and are at...
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