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 [...]

The last week of April gave us two high profile central bank meetings, a fair number of economic reports, and a continuance of first quarter earnings season. Overall, equity markets softened in the final week of the month while government [...]

The S&P 500 was bid higher for a second-straight week to a level just 1.9% below its May 2015 all-time high, while most global indices remain well off their prior market highs. Of note in this rally has been more encouraging market br [...]

In a week where most Americans saw how much they paid or owe the U.S. government, the stock market was able to remain rather optimistic, closing only 2.5% below the 2015 high. Interest rates moved up slightly across the curve while commod [...]