by fwsadmin | Mar 20, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary -3/18/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Global financial markets registered significant gains for the week. Investors continued to watch for any progress on negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Central bank policy came in as expected, which helped...
by fwsadmin | Mar 14, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary -3/11/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Investors started the week facing $130 a barrel crude as the US announced an embargo on Russian oil. Europe also announced that they would begin to taper their dependence on Russian energy, albeit a process...
by fwsadmin | Mar 7, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary -3/4/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Financial markets continued to be volatile as investors assessed the ramifications of the ongoing war in Ukraine. International sanctions roiled the Russian ruble and kept the Russian equity markets closed. ...
by fwsadmin | Feb 28, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary -2/25/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA The uncertainty of the ramifications of a Russian-induced war led to massive swings in the global financial markets. Generally speaking, markets do not like uncertainty. While Russia’s move into Ukraine was well...
by fwsadmin | Feb 21, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary -2/18/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Global financial markets traded lower for the week as Russian-Ukraine tensions dominated headlines. The Federal Reserve’s policy rate path continued to be debated off the back of another hot inflation print of...
by fwsadmin | Feb 14, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary -2/11/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA US equity markets struggled to gain any footing as concerns regarding record inflation along with worries about an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine kept a lid on investor sentiment. Fourth-quarter earnings...