Weekly Market Update – June 6, 2025
Quick Takes A solid May Employment Situation Report and positive developments on the trade front helped push the S&P 500 back above the 6,000 level for the first time since February. The index gained +1.5% for the week and is just -2.3% from its February 19...
Weekly Market Update – May 30, 2025
Quick Takes Most major stock and bond indexes managed to rebound from the prior week’s pullback. Better than expected economic reports on consumer confidence and sentiment, upward revisions to U.S. GDP growth, and benign inflation all helped buoy investor confidence....
Weekly Market Update – May 23, 2025
Quick Takes U.S. stocks retreated last week, following the prior week’s best showing of the year. The S&P 500 dropped -2.6%, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell -2.5%, and the small cap Russell 2000 Index slumped -3.5%. All three indexes marked their worst week...
Weekly Market Update – May 16, 2025
Quick Takes Stocks rallied last week, sparked by a surprise U.S. and China trade truce before the U.S. markets opened on Monday. The world’s two largest economies will see most of the dramatically high tariff rates implemented in early April suspended for 90 days. The...