Weekly Market Review – June 4, 2022
Stock Markets Part of the previous week’s strong gains was given up during this week’s trading, despite being only a four-day trade week due to Monday being Memorial Day. Investors continue to remain uncertain as to whether the Federal Reserve will be able to rein in inflation without pushing the economy into a full-blown recession. […]
Weekly Market Review – May 28, 2022
Stock Markets Stock markets gained ground this week after seven straight weeks of losses. Every sector of the large-cap S&P 500 advanced, led by consumer discretionary and energy stocks which surged the most. Underperforming the rest was the health care sector. Even the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index exhibited solid gains. The cross-sector strength seems to […]
Weekly Market Review – May 21, 2022
Stock Markets U.S. stock markets are now down for the seventh consecutive week. On Wednesday, equities saw the biggest one-day decline in the history of the S&P 500 index since June 2020. The S&P 500 fell 20.9% from its intraday high last January. Thereby exceeded the technical 20% pullback indicative of a bear market, but […]
Weekly Market Review – May 14, 2022
Stock Markets Since the markets hit an all-time high on the first trading day of the year, the benchmark indexes have been on a steady decline and hit a new one-year low in the past week. The financial markets around the world are contending with an environment defined by rising inflation, tightening monetary policies, and […]
Weekly Market Review – May 7, 2022
Stock Markets Amid extreme volatility, benchmark indexes absorbed their fifth straight week of losses, borne down by the twin concerns of rising inflation and interest rates. Growth stocks in particular took the brunt of the price declines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was temporarily dragged into correction territory, roughly 10% below its recent peak […]
Weekly Market Review – April 30, 2022
Stock Markets Concerns about inflation that dominated much of April were generally ignored in the past week while the focus shifted to announcements of corporate earnings and what is generally seen as a deterioration of the global growth for the rest of the year. The ongoing war in Ukraine remains to be the overriding threat […]
Weekly Market Review – April 23, 2022
Stock Markets At the forefront of investors’ attention in recent weeks is the volatility in the equities market particularly with the S&P being subjected to its first 10% correction in two years in March. The uncertainty continues to ward off buying interest as the major U.S. stock indexes plunged lower during the week. Growth stocks […]
Weekly Market Review – April 16, 2022
Stock Markets Over the holiday-shortened week, the benchmark indexes closed mixed, with the first corporate earnings reports of 2022 being released. Growth stocks continue to be outperformed by their value counterparts, although the small-caps recovered territory lost during the previous week to large-caps. Within the S&P Index financials fell behind, weighed down by JP Morgan […]
Weekly Market Review – April 9, 2022
Stock Markets Small-caps and growth stocks led the markets considerably downwards as the manor indexes ended lower week-over-week. Within the S&P 500 Index, sector performance varied widely. Solid gains were charted by the historically defensive consumer staples and health care sectors, while steep losses in information technology, communication services, and consumer discretionary shares. For most […]
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 […]