Upbeat earning, progress toward an orderly Brexit, and lingering positive sentiment surrounding U.S.-Sino trade negotiations moved equity markets slightly higher on the week. This was a second consecutive positive week and pushed the mont [...]

U.S.-Sino trade conflicts dragged stocks lower early in the week but constructive trade news at the end of the week pushed markets higher putting an end to a three-week losing streak.  Aggressive moves by the U.S. were met with retaliator [...]

There was a bit of push and pull happening last week with soft economic data (surveys) hitting markets early in the week offset by expectations of Fed accommodation and a robust jobs report. The first two days of the quarter were off near [...]

Trade, the Fed, and oil concerns combined to pull equity markets slightly into negative territory for the week after three consecutive up weeks while bond yields moved lower across the curve. U.S.-China trade negotiation saga continued la [...]

A lack of impact news early in the week gave way to Thursday’s highly anticipated ECB meeting and some notable developments on trade. For the first time since July, the S&P 500 closed back above 3000 and the Dow retook the 27,000 leve [...]