For stocks it was a week of faded opens. All week we saw stocks open in one direction, only to close in the opposite direction. There seems to be an air of indecision out there. The week ended with a disappointing jobs report, but in a world where down is up and up is down,Read… Read more »
It was a wild pre-holiday week for stocks but many indices managed to close near their highs for the week. The geopolitical environment remains tense keeping investors on edge, and we got a stronger than expected GDP report on Thursday that had some folks worried it might get the Fed to start tightening their monetaryRead… Read more »
It was a big week for the stock market as the indices continued their rally off of the early August lows. We’ve seen this kind of action before as once again the bulls took charge after the bears failed to take the market down to an elusive 10% correction. Here are the weekly, monthly, andRead… Read more »
After a couple of weeks of selling, stocks started to rebound from some extreme oversold conditions last week. The question now is whether we have seen the lows or if this is just a relief rally. Geopolitical events are still playing catalyst as solid gains on Friday quickly turned into losses when violence was sparkedRead… Read more »
Bombing in Gaza. The Russians amassing troops at the Ukrainian border. U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq. The European economy rapidly slowing down. An Ebola outbreak. And U.S. stocks were up last week. It took a 186-points rally in the Dow on Friday to push the indices into positive territory, and that probably took many investors byRead… Read more »
Stocks had to endure a Fed policy statement and the July jobs report this past week and the result was 2% or more declines in the indices. Neither seemed to be the direct culprit of the selling, but rather the combination of geopolitical events and weakness in Europe seemed to finally take its toll onRead… Read more »
Stocks had a little bit of something for everyone last week with gaps up, gaps down, and some very low volume flat days, but by the end of the week the S&P was flat losing just 12 cents or 0.01%. Here are the weekly, monthly, and annual TSP fund returns through Friday, July 25… TheRead… Read more »
Volatility kicked in some this week as we saw back to back 1% moves in the S&P 500 after not having one for over 60 days. Apparently the geopolitical events that scared the market on Thursday was an overreaction and the buyers came back with a vengeance on Friday. The S&P 500 is back nearRead… Read more »
We were having a very nice week until early Friday morning, when things fell apart. The jobs report came out, and the market seemed to like it. Stocks opened higher after the report, but something went very wrong shortly thereafter. Despite the big losses on Friday, we actually posted modest gains for the week inRead… Read more »
Stocks bounced around quite a bit last week, and the trend was for strong morning action, followed by some profit taking later in the day, but when it was over, we saw respectable gains for the week. The situation in the Ukraine has investor’s on their toes, but the indices continue to climb that preverbalRead… Read more »