Quick Takes Major U.S. stock market indices narrowly averted another negative week with a dramatic late afternoon surge on Friday. The S&P 500 gained +2.4% on Friday to end a three-week losing streak with a +0.8% weekly advance. It was a wild, roller-coaster ride...
Quick Takes The only good news for stocks over the past week was that the market was only open for four days. The S&P 500 fell about -1% or more every day of the week on its way to a weekly loss of -5.7%, its worst one-week performance since March 20, 2020. Tech...
Quick Takes Markets continued their shaky start to 2022 with a second straight week of losses, though the declines were much more moderate than the first week of trading in the new year. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq slipped -0.3%, while the small-cap Russell 2000 Index...
Quick Takes Surging yields rattled markets in the first week of trading in the new year. The S&P 500 dropped -1.9% despite hitting a record high on the first day of the year. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite was hit especially hard, falling -4.5% over the...
Market Performance Summary Stocks and Real Estate finished the year strongly with solid December gains. Low interest rates, plenty of liquidity, an expanding economy, and strong earnings continued to fuel the rise for equities. The S&P 500 closed the year just shy...
Quick Takes In light holiday trading, stocks were mostly up. The exception was the Nasdaq Composite which was barely down with a -0.1% loss. The S&P 500 index finished the last week of the year with a +0.9% gain, giving the index a +26.9% return for 2021. Although...
