Financial Update: Week of March 3, 2025 Last month brought some warm inflation readings and continuing tariff talks, which contributed to potential economic uncertainty. That makes the start of the new month a good time to …
S&P 500 highs, Uncertainty
Financial Update: Week of February 24, 2025 Hope you are doing well. Last week brought fresh S&P 500 closing highs early in the week, with economic uncertainty dominating mood and headlines as the week progressed. Read on …
Inflation Sticky, Fed Waiting on Cuts
Financial Update: Week of February 17, 2025 Hope you are doing well. Last week brought more sticky consumer inflation and a Fed message indicating a holding pattern on rate cuts, making it an opportune time to share an overview …
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S&P 500 Earnings, Tariffs & Payrolls
Financial Update: Week of February 10, 2025 Hope you enjoyed Super Bowl Sunday! Before the big game, markets digested news out of Washington at a frenzied pace last week, with tariffs being the talk of the town. Major U.S. …
S&P 500 rises, AI, politics
Financial Update: Week of February 3, 2025 Hoping this update finds you and yours doing well! It has been quite an eventful month to start 2025, with no shortage of market-moving news and developments. As such, now is the …
Fed vs. Inflation
Financial Update: Week of January 27, 2024 Major U.S. equity indexes closed out the final month of 2024 in a mixed fashion, with megacap tech being the bright spot and industrials heading lower. With so much happening …
Inflation Positivity, Short Trading Week
Financial Update: Week of January 20, 2024 Major U.S. stock indexes reacted positively to the improvement in Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data last week. Now, traders and investors look forward to this …
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Labor Booms, Fed Inflation Warning
Financial Update: Week of January 13, 2024 The new year got underway with December payroll data coming in white-hot and recently released Fed Minutes showing inflationary concerns. Given these and other recent …