Quick Takes Stocks were able to withstand hawkish central banks, rising bond yields, and mixed economic data to break a three-week losing streak and finish the holiday-shortened week with solid gains. The S&P 500 index rebounded +3.7%, the small cap Russell 2000...
Market Performance Summary For markets in August, it was a tale of two halves. The first half of the month saw an extension of the impressive July rally, as most risk assets continued to make gains. However, the second half saw risk assets experience their biggest...
Quick Takes Stocks and bonds fell for a third-straight week as investors’ hopes that the Fed would pivot to a more dovish stance any time soon were quelled by further hawkish comments from Fed officials following last week’s extremely hawkish message from Fed Chairman...
Quick Takes For the week the S&P 500 was down -4.0%, the Nasdaq sank -4.4%, and the Russell 2000 fell -2.9% in the second straight week of weighty declines for stocks. Aggressive comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday at the annual Jackson...
Quick Takes For the week, the S&P 500 fell -1.2%, the Nasdaq was down -2.2%, and the Russell 2000 sank -2.9%, snapping a four-week winning streak for stocks. Rising bond yields and aggressive comments from a trio of regional Federal Reserve presidents had equity...
Quick Takes The consumer price index was flat from June to July, and the annual rate came in lower than expected, primarily from falling energy prices. In addition, the producer price index and import prices fell more than expected, suggesting that peak inflation may...
