Month: May 2022 Articles

Last Week in Review, May 20, 2022

Last Week in Review, May 20, 2022

Last Week In ReviewLast week continued the equity markets weekly losing streak as fears grew that inflation was causing consumers to pull back on discretionary spending, setting the stage for a coming recession. At its low point last Friday, the S&P 500 Index was...

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Last Week in Review, May 13, 2022

Last Week in Review, May 13, 2022

Last Week In ReviewLast week stocks recorded more losses as investors appeared to grow increasingly skeptical that the Federal Reserve will be able to achieve a “soft landing” for the economy by raising rates enough to tame inflation without causing a recession. The...

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Last Week in Review – May 6 2022

Last Week in Review – May 6 2022

Last Week In Review“Wash, rinse, and repeat” seems to be the theme of equities right now. Most of the major benchmarks endured a fifth consecutive week of losses as interest rate and inflation worries weighed on sentiment, especially toward growth stocks. Last week’s...

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Global Market Commentary – April 2022

Global Market Commentary – April 2022

Global equities tumbled 8.00% in April to bring their YTD return down to -12.94%, the second worst 4-month start to a year in the history of the MSCI All-Country World Index (lagging only the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak by a half of a basis point). Risk assets fell in...

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Last Week in Review – April 29, 2022

Last Week in Review – April 29, 2022

Last Week In ReviewLast week the major indexes endured a fourth consecutive week of losses. Growth fears were compounded by some disappointing earnings results from Amazon.com, which has a heavy weighting (price-weighted) in many major indexes. The S&P 500 Index...

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