Markets bid farewell to August and hello to September last week with most of the attention focused on Friday’s release of the August payroll report and what, if any, Fed policy implications it may bring. Overall on the week, global equity [...]

Last week was a typical late August summer snoozer in the markets. In a light news week, the narrative was dominated by a widely anticipated global central bank event in Jackson Hole Wyoming, hosted by the Kansas City Fed. Economic report [...]

In the true fashion of summer doldrums, most markets were quiet last week absent any impactful market catalysts, with oil being the exception. Earnings season is now behind us and summer vacations are in full bloom.  Thin volumes are typi [...]

Markets kicked off the month of August on an encouraging note in contrast to the sideways price action of the past two weeks.  Last week, the NASDAQ was able to join the DJIA and S&P 500 in record territory. In contrast to market driv [...]

Despite hitting all new highs in the previous week, equity markets could not keep up the positive momentum. The S&P 500 slipped a few points from the high watermark, falling to 2173.6. The Dow (-1.0%) dropped while the NASDAQ (1.2%) r [...]

The dog days of summer…In what was the lightest volume week of the year, the S&P 500 closed at a record high and registered a fourth straight weekly gain.  Four weeks ago, markets were, for a short time, more chaotic than perhaps any [...]

Equity markets ripped to new all-time highs last week, re-confirming the bull market that began March 6th, 2009. We are now in the midst of the second longest bull market in history spanning 2,685 days generating 220.04% and 17.44% of cum [...]