June 9th Weekly Market Update We devote this commentary each week to assessing the many reasons markets may rise or fall. But at the heart of it, all markets come down to just one thing: buyers and sellers. Taking a look at who is buying and who is selling can tell us...
June 2nd Weekly Market Update Stocks have been moving higher lately, seemingly suggesting that growth is improving; yet at the same time bond yields have been moving lower, implying growth prospects are deteriorating. The big debate between which of these two...
May 27th Weekly Market Update This week, financial markets will digest a series of key reports on the health of the United States’ economy in the second quarter, with reports due out on: -Business capital spending: Durable goods orders and shipments for April, the...
May 19th Weekly Market Update Godzilla, the latest version of Japan’s King of Monsters, took the top of the box office this past weekend. But Japan’s stock market looks like a giant mutated lizard stomped all over it. One of the worst-performing stock markets in...
May 12th Weekly Market Update While stocks were relatively unchanged for the week of May 5 – 9, 2014, daily and intra-day volatility has been notable — the S&P 500 saw 1% intraday moves on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The stock market volatility of the past...
