
Weekly Market Commentary
Market Recap for the Week Ending 4-12-19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was a mixed performance for the major averages last week. The S&P 500 gained 0.5%, the NASDAQ added 0.6%, and the Russell 2000 was up 0.1%, while the Dow lost 0.1%. Treasuries lost more ground last...
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Market Recap for the Week ending 4.5.19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA The stock market started the second quarter with nice gains and forged new highs for 2019. The S&P 500 gained 2.1%, the Dow increased 1.9%, the NASDAQ added 2.7%, and the Russell 2000 outperformed with...
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Market Recap Week ending 3.29.19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Markets had nice gains last week as investors seemed to shrug off the most recent concerns over global growth. The S&P 500 gained 1.2% on the week, gaining just over 13% for the first quarter. The Dow added...
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Market Recap Week ending 3.22.19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was another extremely busy week for Wall Street. Investors received the latest statement from the Fed Reserve Open Market Committee that appeared to be more dovish than anticipated. Additionally, there were a...
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Market Recap for the week ending 3.15.19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was an extremely busy week for the markets. Central bank news, corporate headlines, trade negotiations, technical variables, and a full dose of economic data were in play last week. The market shrugged...
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Market Recap Week ending 3.8.19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Economic growth concerns along with the inability of the S&P 500 to maintain a key technical level hobbled the market last week. The market lost ground for five consecutive days. For the week, the S&P 500...
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Market Recap Week ending 3.1.19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Last week the proposed increase of trade tariffs on China was postponed while negotiations continued between the countries. Markets continued to view the negotiations as constructive although comments from US Trade...
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Market Recap Week ending 2/22/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA The markets were relatively quiet last week as investors waited for any news stemming from the ongoing US-China trade negotiations. Investors were also treated to a full dose of Fed rhetoric along with the FOMC...
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Market Recap Week ending 2.15.19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Markets enjoyed a nice rally last week. The Russell 2000 led the way with a gain of 4.2%, the Dow added 3.1%, the S&P increased by 2.5%, and the NASDAQ advanced 2.4%. Treasuries sold off a bit last week with...
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Market Recap for the week ending 2/8/19 Darren Leavitt, CFA Anxiety over trade and concerns regarding future earnings growth subdued markets last week. Additionally, the 200-day moving average on the S&P held as a line of resistance and induced some technical...
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Market Recap for the Week ending 2/1/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was, as expected, a hectic and interesting week in the financial markets. A steady stream of earnings announcements and economic data were just part of the story in last week’s action. An FOMC meeting...
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Market Recap for the Week Ending 1/25/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA The markets closed Friday with a nice gain, but for the week the markets were generally flat. The S&P 500 lost 0.2% on the week while the Dow and NASDAQ each gained 0.1%. The Russell 2ooo was...
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