After posting a year to date high on Wednesday last week, the S&P 500 saw five consecutive down days and ended this week down over 1% as risk assets reflected anxiety in anticipation of the Brexit vote this week on June 23rd. The narr [...]

Global equity markets turned in a relatively lackluster week with a backdrop of a weak dollar, falling interest rates, and rising oil prices (now up 96% off Feb lows). The S&P 500 reached its year to date high mid-week (within 1% of t [...]

A holiday shortened week with a large amount of economic reports was punctuated with two notable misses on Friday, signaling some distinct FOMC implications. U.S. job creation for May of 38,000 was the lowest print since 2010 and badly mi [...]

In the lead up to the Memorial Day holiday weekend, equity markets voted to cheer the week’s strong economic data rather than fear the potential Fed rate hike response to that same economic data. The S&P 500 climbed 2.3% for its best [...]

Last week was a mixed week for stocks with a Friday rally enabling the S&P 500 to break a losing streak of three consecutive weekly losses, currently standing down 3% from its recent highs. The DJIA was not so fortunate and posted a f [...]

U.S. equity markets posted a third consecutive weekly decline, with the S&P 500 closing back below its 50 day moving average. Corporate earnings, some notable events overseas, and a handful of U.S. economic reports garnered most of th [...]

Equity markets tallied a second consecutive losing week with the S&P repelled yet again from breaking through the 2,100 mark in a convincing fashion. After posting some of the strongest performance off the February lows, energy, mater [...]