July 14th Weekly Market Update After five-and-a-half years of keeping short-term rates in a range of 0 – 0.25%, many market participants believe the Federal Reserve (Fed) is now about 12 months away from hiking interest rates. This may affect markets in the months and...
Week of July 7th Market Update The after-the-bell report from Alcoa on Tuesday of this week kicks off the start of the second quarter earnings reporting season. But much like the iconic and oft-quoted television comedy Seinfeld, which celebrated its 25th...
June 30th Weekly Market Update At this year’s halfway point, we are pleased to offer the LPL Financial Research Mid-Year Outlook 2014: Investor’s Almanac Field Notes key observations and updates to our outlook for 2014. Similar to a farming almanac, our is a...
June 23rd Weekly Market Update About a week into the World Cup the average number of goals scored per match is 2.92, putting the tournament on course to become the highest scoring World Cup since 1970 in Mexico (2.97). The greater number of goals is being blamed in...
June 16th Weekly Market Update The emerging markets (EM) asset class has been especially disappointing for investors in the past few years as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. However, last week EM pulled ahead of the performance of the S&P 500 Index...
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 the...
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...