Weekly Market Review – April 2, 2022
Stock Markets The major stock indexes closed mixed for the week. Despite the S&P 500 Index ending its best month since December, it has nevertheless closed its worst quarter since 2020 at a loss of 5%. It is optimistic, however, that the U.S. markets have recovered by 10% off their lows, despite numerous unresolved problems […]
Weekly Market Review – March 26, 2022
Stock Markets The benchmark stock indexes ended mostly positively, most notably the large-cap S&P 500 Index which reached its highest level since February 10 at the week’s end. The market rally was led by information technology stocks as Apple surged on news that analysts expect iPhone13 to bring in stronger sales. Many commodity prices continued […]
Weekly Market Review – March 19, 2022
Stock Markets After a two-week losing streak, stocks, at last, surged for the week to recover much of the ground lost over the last month. Multiple factors accounted for the rally, among which are falling oil prices, news that Russia avoided default and instead made good on its sovereign debt, and an optimistic outcome of […]
Weekly Market Review – March 12, 2022
Stock Markets The equities market showed weakness over the past week marked by extreme volatility influenced by Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. On Tuesday, the intraday low saw the Nasdaq Composite fall to a depth almost 22% from its recent peak. This is more than the 20% threshold that signaled entry into bear market territory. […]
Weekly Market Review – March 5, 2022
Stock Markets Markets continued to exhibit unusual volatility over the past week but showed some resiliency due to the positive impact of optimistic economic news on otherwise dire geopolitical events. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is having a greater effect on certain areas of the market, particularly interest rates, inflation, and commodity prices. Overall, stocks […]
Weekly Market Review – February 26, 2022
Stock Markets Despite the holiday-shortened trading week that passed, volatility reached a two-year high due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine towards the week’s end, followed by Western countries imposing sanctions on the aggressor. Heightened geopolitical risk combined with the continuing inflationary pressures and increasing restriction in central bank policy weighed on equities. Stocks descended further […]
Weekly Market Review – February 19, 2022
Stock Markets In the week just ended, markets closed lower on concerns about the escalating tensions between Russia and the Ukraine. Volatility intensified and investors pulled back from equities in favor of safe-haven assets with perceived greater stability. The geopolitical tensions were only an addition to a market already contending with inflation levels not seen […]
Weekly Market Review – February 12, 2022
Stock Markets Volatility marked this week’s trading which saw large-cap indexes end lower and the S&P MidCap 400 and small-cap Russell 2000 indexes treading water with modest gains. Underperforming the rest was the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite Index that ended the week down 15% from its recent high and ending in correction territory. Investor sentiment continues […]
Weekly Market Review – February 5, 2022
Stock Markets The equity markets continued to be volatile throughout the past week although overall gains were recorded for the second week in a row. Growth and value shares performed similarly while large-caps were outpaced by the medium and small-caps, a breakout of the pattern of value outperformance in place since November. There were 112 […]
Weekly Market Review – January 29, 2022
Stock Markets The large-cap benchmarks recorded gains for the week on the back of a late-week rally, and only after the major indexes corrected by more than 10% from the recent peaks. Lagging behind the large caps is the small-cap Russell 2000 Index which closed the week down by almost 20% from its November high, […]