Weekly Market Update – March 01, 2024
Quick Takes The continued frenzy in artificial intelligence stocks helped propel the Nasdaq Composite index to a record-high close on Friday, joining the S&P 500, which also closed the week at fresh highs. It was the first all-time high for the Nasdaq since...
Weekly Market Update – February 23, 2024
Quick Takes Nvidia Corporation reported strong quarterly revenue and earnings that topped Wall Street estimates after Wednesday’s trading session and carried markets to their best day in a long time on Thursday, essentially delivering gains for the headline stock...
Weekly Market Update – February 16, 2024
Quick Takes Inflation reports surprised investors with higher-than-expected consumer and wholesale prices. As a result, traders are now pricing a March rate cut by the Fed at just an 11% probability, down sharply from the 90% odds coming into the year. With...
Weekly Market Update – February 09, 2024
Quick Takes After starting the week on a down note, the S&P 500 Index rallied for four straight days to cross the 5,000 level for the first time and set a new record high. The index has now risen in 14 of the last 15 weeks, something it hasn’t done since 1972. ...
Monthly Market Update – January 2024
Key Points About Those Rate Cuts At this time last month, traders were betting (via Fed Funds futures trading) that there was an 80% chance the Federal Reserve would cut their short-term discount rate at the March policy meeting. But on February 2, the Labor...
Weekly Market Update – February 02, 2024
Quick Takes After starting on a down note in the first week of the year, the S&P 500 Index has now risen for four straight weeks and for 13 of the last 14 weeks. It closed last week up +1.4% at a new record high. However, the gains continue to be dominated by the...
Peek Behind The Curtain
As we kick off 2024, it’s likely going to be another interesting year – elections, geopolitical issues, and investment trends. I’d like to spend the balance of this focusing on the latter, as technology has led the way over the last four months. There are two...
Weekly Market Update – January 26, 2024
Quick Takes After starting on a down note in the first week of the year, U.S. stocks have rallied for three straight weeks, propelling the S&P 500 Index up another +1.0% to yet more all-time highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up +0.9%, and the small cap...