Market Commentary
Weekly Market Report: September 26–30, 2022
Market Volatility Is Here It was another tough week for the markets. The Dow Jones was off 20.9%, S&P 500 off 24.8, and Nasdaq off 32.4. The MSI IFI index…
Read MoreWeekly Market Report: September 12–16, 2022
Another Tough Week on Wall Street Another tough week for everybody on Wall Street. Dow off 4.1, S&P off almost 5%. Nasdaq down 5.5. The International Index, the IFI, off…
Read MoreWeekly Market Report: August 29–September 2, 2022
Tough Week on Wall Street This was a tough third week in a row on Wall Street. Markets finished down as China, Russia, COVID fears, and Fed policy all weighed…
Read MoreWeekly Market Report: August 22–26, 2022
Tough Week for the Markets It was a tough week for the market. Clearly, the economic news is not controlling the market—the Fed is. The market for the week finished…
Read MoreWeekly Market Report: August 15–19, 2022
Markets were off a little bit this week, as an article in the Wall Street Journal suggested that the Fed may be disengaged with the stock market. The Dow Jones…
Read MoreWeekly Market Report: August 8–12, 2022
Inflation Took a Step in the Right Direction Inflation took a step in the right direction this week as headline CPI and PPI data came in better than expected. The…
Read MoreWeekly Market Report: August 1–5, 2022
Unexpected Jobs Data In July, the U.S. economy added an impressive 528,000 jobs. This was double the expected jobs number. However, the market didn’t do so well this week. The…
Read MoreWeekly Market Report: July 25–29, 2022
The market had a pretty good day last Tuesday. For the week, the Dow finished up 3%, S&P 500 up 4.3%, NASDAQ was up 4.7. It’s still off over 20%…
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