Weekly Market Commentary

Market Recap Week ending 8/9/19 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was a turbulent week for investors as uncertainty on trade escalated between the US and China.  Markets started the week deep in the red with the worst single-day performance of the year on news that the Chinese...

Weekly Market Commentary

August 5th, 2019 Stock Market Selloff Deepens After Fed Remarks and Trade Negotiation Setback As of this writing, stock markets around the globe are taking a beating. The selloff began on Wednesday of last week in response to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s...

Weekly Market Commentary

Market Recap for the week ending 7/26/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA It was an upbeat market last week as investors continued to applaud the majority of earnings results.  A better than expected print on 2nd quarter GDP also aided the positive sentiment.  Markets were also...

Weekly Market Commentary

Market Recap for the Week ending 7/19/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Despite a relatively good start to  2nd quarter earnings season, the major indices retreated last week.  Part of the pullback was likely due to the realization that a 50 basis point cut is not likely at...

Weekly Market Commentary

Markets Hit New Highs in the Wake of Last Week’s Fed Remarks Chairman Powell walked the line between giving too much and too little in the way of monetary accommodation during prepared remarks to Congress last week. Markets have responded positively and are at...

Weekly Market Commentary

Market Recap week ending 7/5/2019 -Darren Leavitt, CFA I hope everyone had a great and memorable 4th of July holiday.  Despite the holiday-shortened week, markets were quite busy.   Markets surged on Monday in reaction to the outcome of the US/China trade talks at the...