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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Last Week in Review – April 22, 2022
Last Week In ReviewThe major U.S. equity indexes ended last week lower. The Russell 1000 Growth Index stocks gave up more ground than its value counterpart, while the large-cap S&P 500 Index posted steeper losses than the S&P SmallCap 600 Index and the S&P...
Last Week In Review April 15, 2022
Last Week In ReviewLast week the indexes ended mixed over a holiday-shortened week, which saw the release of the first major corporate earnings reports of 2022. Value stocks continued to outperform their growth counterparts, but small-caps regained ground lost the...
Last Week In Review April 8, 2022
Last Week In ReviewLast week equity indexes finished lower for the week, with small-caps and growth stocks lagging considerably. Sector performance also varied widely within the S&P 500 Index, with the typically defensive consumer staples and health care sectors...
Global Market Commentary March 2022
In their worst Q1 performance since 2020, global equities ended the first quarter down -5.36% despite rallying in March 2.17%. In the U.S., both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices posted their first quarterly loss in two years, returning -4.95% and -9.08%...
Last Week In Review April 1, 2022
Last Week In ReviewLast week the major indexes ended mixed, with the S&P 500 Index closing out its best month since December but its worst quarter since early 2020. Cyclically sensitive stocks underperformed as investors girded for a slowdown in growth, with the...
Last Week In Review – March 25 2022
Last Week In ReviewLast week the major indexes ended higher, with the large-cap S&P 500 Index reaching its highest level since February 10. Information technology stocks outperformed, helped by gains in Apple following news of analyst expectations for strong sales...
Last Week in Review – March 18, 2022
Last Week In ReviewLast week moved higher, ending a two-week losing streak and reclaiming much of the ground lost over the past month. Traders I spoke with said that markets were supported by multiple factors, including falling oil prices, news that Russia had avoided...