by fwsadmin | Nov 27, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 11/25/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Investors pushed US equities and Treasuries higher in light volume trade. The holiday-shortened week was packed with all kinds of news. A spike in Covid cases in China increased lockdown measures and...
by fwsadmin | Nov 21, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 11/18/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Investors continued to digest the market’s recent strength and questioned if there is more upside to the move. There was no lack of hawkish Fed speak throughout the week. St. Louis Fed President Bullard...
by fwsadmin | Nov 13, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 11/11/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA “Bar the door Katie” What an extraordinary week on Wall Street. Tuesday’s Midterm elections, coupled with a Crypto stalwart blow-up, were accompanied by a better-than-expected Consumer Price Index...
by fwsadmin | Nov 6, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 11/4/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Wall Street incurred another week of losses as investors digested another 75 basis point rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Hopes of a pivot away from a hawkish stance were diminished when Fed Chairman...
by fwsadmin | Oct 30, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 10/28/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA US financial markets followed through with another week of gains as investors gravitated toward the notion that the Fed would temper its monetary policy after the November meeting. Less-than-expected...
by fwsadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 10/21/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Investors enjoyed a nice rally as Fed rhetoric suggested a less hawkish policy path. The rhetoric was backed by Nick Timiraos, a Fed pundit, who published an article in the Wall Street Journal that...