In the last week of trading, markets continued to roil as fatigue from weeks of tariff-related headlines has set in. This heightened level of uncertainty related to trade policy from Washington has driven investors away from a ‘risk-on’ attitude and now towards more...
Over the previous week of trading, the recent volatility that we have experiencedpersisted as the major indexes resembled a roller coaster. For the majority of the week the $VIX, more commonly referred to as the market’s ‘Fear Gauge’, traded above 20, which is...
During the past week of trading, which only featured four trading days, it was truly a tale of two halves. As the market opened on Tuesday, investors looked to build on constructive movement from the prior week and the S&P 500 logged two new all-time closing...
Over the past week, the market was able to find its footing and logged a solidly positive week in which all three of the major averages gained ground. Investors were able to avoid a repeat of the previous two weeks where headlines published on Sunday led to a...
The past week of market activity in many ways felt much like a repeat of the previous week. As we approached the beginning of each week, a headline was printed that put investors on shaky ground and introduced new volatility to the market. This culminated in a large...
In the last week of trading, investors saw the return of volatility to the markets. This began from the get-go as a research paper was published in the previous weekend regarding a new A.I. model, DeepSeek, which was developed in China and supposedly created with a...
The past week was a real ‘slam dunk’ for investors as markets continued to surge higher. Over the past week, a major unknown for the market was resolved. Markets gained clarity about the week one actions of the new administration, which certainly featured a flurry of...
In last week’s newsletter, we said that we were facing down a ‘High Stakes’ trading week, packed full of big earnings and significant inflation reports. This certainly played out and fortunately for investors, many of the major Financial earnings reports delivered...
At market close on Friday, we wrapped up our third consecutive shortened week of trading. Despite the shortened trading week, there was still certainly plenty of trading action to digest. On the back of a stronger than expected December Jobs report, this continued to...
As the first trading days of the new year concluded, we can now definitively say that the market was delivered a Santa Claus Slump in lieu of a rally with the S&P shaving about 0.5%. This was largely a continuation of the weakening momentum witnessed across the...