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 …
January Update: Fed vs. Inflation
Financial Update: Week of January 6, 2024 I hope you have had a wonderful start to the new year. Major U.S. equity indexes closed out the final month of 2024 in a mixed fashion, with megacap tech being the bright spot and …
OpenAI, Yields & Volatile Santa
Financial Update: Week of December 30, 2024 Since we are in the last trading week and days of 2024, now is a good time to keep you updated on the latest developments. Overall, major U.S. equity indexes traded quietly during …
Holiday Volatility, Fed Rate Cut
Financial Update: Week of December 23, 2024 Major U.S. stock indexes fell last week courtesy of a Fed that delivered a 25-basis-point rate cut but projected only two rate cuts in 2025. Initially, markets reacted negatively, but …