The Markets September strikes again… If you look back over the last 20 years, September has been the worst performing month for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, according to Nasdaq. This year, the S&P 500 dropped 4.8 percent in September. That wasn’t enough to wipe out gains from earlier in the third quarter, and… Read more »
Category: Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary September 27, 2021
Posted by Marybeth Rose & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets Central banks have a lot of influence on investors, markets and economies. For the last year or so, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing $120 billion of bonds every month to ensure United States markets remained liquid and interest rates remained low during the pandemic. Last Wednesday, the Fed announced that it is… Read more »
Weekly Market Commentary September 20, 2021
Posted by Marybeth Rose & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets In recent weeks, bullish sentiment has drifted lower like sediment settling after a storm. Every month, Bank of America (BofA) surveys global asset managers. The most recent survey, which was conducted in early September, showed that fewer managers remain optimistic about prospects for global economic growth (13 percent) or corporate profitability (12 percent).… Read more »
Weekly Market Commentary September 13, 2021
Posted by Marybeth Rose & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets The Delta variant could take a toll on economic growth. There was some good news last week. The 7-day moving average of COVID-19 cases in the United States declined. The bad news was that the rate of infection remained about 99 percent higher than it was one year ago. As Delta variant infections surged across… Read more »
Weekly Market Commentary September 7, 2021
Posted by Marybeth Rose & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets Stagflation isn’t trending, but it was mentioned in quite a few headlines last week. Stagflation is a portmanteau of ‘stagnation’ and ‘inflation.’ It occurs when a country experiences slow economic growth along with high inflation and high unemployment. In the United States: Economic growth was strong during the second quarter; 6.5 percent year-over-year,… Read more »
Weekly Market Commentary August 31, 2021
Posted by Marybeth Rose & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder,” advised the Persian poet Rumi. Last week, Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s words helped grow the week’s equity market returns. In his speech at the Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell confirmed that the United States… Read more »
Weekly Market Commentary August 24, 2021
Posted by Christina Michalczak & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets Markets were shaken last week by a potent cocktail of central bank tapering and economic growth concerns mixed with coronavirus and a splash of the new Chinese privacy law. On Wednesday, the minutes of the United States Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee Meeting were released. They confirmed the Fed could begin tapering –… Read more »
Weekly Market Commentary August 18, 2021
Posted by Christina Michalczak & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets What is the most important driver of economic growth in the United States? The most common way to measure economic output is Gross Domestic Product or GDP. It’s the value of all goods and services produced in our country over a specific period of time. GDP is a combination of the following: Government… Read more »
Weekly Market Commentary August 11, 2021
Posted by Marybeth Rose & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets Are we there yet? For months, investors have wondered when the Federal Reserve (Fed) might begin to “normalize” its policies, a process that will eventually lead to higher interest rates. Last week, a better-than-expected unemployment report – showing a gain of almost a million jobs – sparked speculation about whether we’ve arrived at… Read more »
Weekly Market Commentary July 28, 2021
Posted by Marybeth Rose & filed under Weekly Market Commentary.
The Markets Shortest ever. Last week, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) finally announced the official dates for the recession that occurred in 2020. Economic activity peaked in February 2020 and bottomed in April 2020. That makes the pandemic recession the shortest in American history. According to the NBER, “The recent downturn had different… Read more »