Equity markets pulled back during last week’s holiday shortened trading. Tensions with North Korea, the impact of multiple hurricanes, and some legislative developments in D.C. all factored into the mix. Harvey, Irma, and potentially Jose [...]

Equity markets posted gains last week on generally upbeat economic data in both the U.S. and abroad. A renewed push in Washington on tax reform also served to bolster equity markets, particularly smaller cap companies who generally do not [...]

Overall this was a relatively quiet week with the market’s attention focused skyward Monday on the solar eclipse, westward Thursday for the Jackson Hole central bank symposium, and southward Friday on inbound hurricane Harvey. U.S. and in [...]

In a week marked by tragedy and turmoil, equity markets remained fairly muted, outside of a significant drop on Thursday when social/political turmoil in the U.S. and heartbreaking terror attacks in Spain hijacked the headlines. Smaller c [...]

Red numbers were the theme last week. Stocks, commodities, interest rates, and the U.S. dollar all lost ground on the week. Tuesday brought an end to one of the top 10 longest streaks of consecutive record closes (9) for the DJIA. There h [...]

Peak second quarter earnings season is being supplanted with peak vacation season as we head into the heart of August. U.S. and international larger companies posted gains while smaller companies and bond yields fell slightly on the week. [...]

Despite closing slightly lower last week, the S&P 500 marked its 29th record high and the NASDAQ hit its 44th. The NASDAQ is within shouting distance of 1999 (61) in terms of number of record closing highs in a single year. Interest r [...]