Weekly Market Commentary

September 23, 2019 Fed Cuts Interest Rates Again as We Continue to Keep our Head Above Water During the past week, major U.S indexes reached resistance at summer highs before pulling back and churning 1.3% lower (S&P 500). On Wednesday, Chairman Powell and the...

Weekly Market Commentary

Market Commentary for the Week Ending 9/13/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was an exciting week on Wall Street as US markets posted their third weekly advance.  A de-escalation of trade tensions along with new central bank stimulus measures from the ECB and decent...

Weekly Market Commentary

Market Recap week ending 9/6/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Last week, the markets had their second consecutive weekly advance.  More constructive headlines on trade negotiations between the US and China helped market sentiment.  During the week China announced that trade...

Weekly Market Commentary

Market Recap week ending 8/30/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA After four straight weeks of declines, US markets rallied in the last week of August.  The prior week’s escalation of trade tariffs between the US and China took a bit of a siesta last week. Early in the week,...

Weekly Market Commentary

Market recap for the week ending 8/23/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Investors were treated to another week of volatile markets as increased trade tensions between the US and China cast even more uncertainty on global growth.  Markets kicked off the week in pretty good form...

Weekly Market Commentary

Market Recap Week ending 8/16/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA A volatile week of trading entertained investors as uncertainty around trade, and an inverted yield curve stoked fears of an impending recession.  The major US equity indices ended the week with losses; however,...