by fwsadmin | Mar 23, 2024 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
-Darren Leavitt, CFA US equity markets forged another set of new highs in an extremely busy week on Wall Street. Global Central Banks took center stage, headlined by the Bank of Japan, the US Federal Reserve, and the Bank of England. The BOJ, as expected, moved away...
by fwsadmin | Mar 17, 2024 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 3/15/2024 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Markets pulled back this week as investors assessed hotter-than-anticipated inflation data. US Treasuries sold off across the curve as the higher-for-longer narrative strengthened ahead of the coming...
by fwsadmin | Mar 10, 2024 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 3/8/2024 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Financial markets endured a week of consolidation as investors dissected a full economic calendar and awaited more cues from the leaders of the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve. ECB President...
by fwsadmin | Mar 3, 2024 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
-Darren Leavitt, CFA Markets pushed back on an early week sell-off to close at record highs for the S&P 500 and NASDAQ. A building sense that the market is due for a pullback was met with inline consensus inflation data, continued outperformance in the...
by fwsadmin | Feb 24, 2024 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
-Darren Leavitt, CFA The S&P 500 and the Dow Industrial Average forged new all-time highs despite investors taking profits early in the holiday-shortened week. Semiconductor stalwart NVidia’s fourth-quarter earnings results induced a massive rally in the stock...
by fwsadmin | Feb 19, 2024 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 2/16/2024 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Wall Street took a breather last week as hotter-than-expected inflation data forced investors to recalibrate their expectations for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. Mega-cap issues that have been...