Investment Commentary –February 20th, 2018 Year to Date Market Indices as of Market Close February 20th, 2018 Dow 24,964 (-0.99%) S&P 2,716 (-1.60%) NASDAQ 7,234 (4.79%) Gold $1,332 1.76%) OIL $61.77 (2.71%) US 10Y Treasury 2.891 (41.84%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (-2.20%) Dow slips back below 25,000 as losses accelerate U.S. stocks threatened to snap a [...]
Investment Commentary –February 13th, 2018 Year to Date Market Indices as of Market Close February 13th, 2018 Dow 24,640 (-0.24%) S&P 2,663 (-0.47%) NASDAQ 7,014 (1.14%) Gold $1,332 1.69%) OIL $63.92 (6.75%) US 10Y Treasury 2.829 (41.84%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (-2.03%) Dow logs 3rd gain in a row ahead of key inflation report U.S. stocks [...]
Investment Commentary –February 6th, 2018 Year to Date Market Indices as of Market Close February 6th, 2018 Dow 24912 (0.78%) S&P 2,695 (0.81%) NASDAQ 7,115 (3.08%) Gold $1,326 (2.39%) OIL $63.92 (6.75%) US 10Y Treasury 2.804 (39.38%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (-1.47%) U.S. stocks snap selling spree to close higher in volatile trading The U.S. stock [...]
Investment Commentary –January 30th, 2018 Market Indices as of Market Close January 30th, 2018 Dow 26,076 (5.49%) S&P 2,822 (5.57%) NASDAQ 7,402 (7.23%) Gold $1,341 (2.39%) OIL $64.21 (6.75%) US 10Y Treasury 2.71 (30.92%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (-1.08%) How the stock market has reacted to State of the Union speeches President Donald Trump is preparing [...]
Investment Commentary –January 23rd, 2018 Market Indices as of Market Close January 23rd, 2018Dow 26,210 (6.13%) S&P 2,839 (6.28%) NASDAQ 7,460 (8.08%) Gold $1,356 (3.59%) OIL $64.74 (7.65%) US 10Y Treasury 2.65 (23.96%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (-0.85%) Dimon doesn’t ‘see any potholes’ for the U.S. economy J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon said [...]
Investment Commentary –January 16th, 2018 Market Indices as of Market Close January 16th, 2018 Dow 25,792 (4.34%) S&P 2,776 (3.85%) NASDAQ 7,223 (4.64%) Global DOW 3,237 (4.92%) Gold $1,338 (2.58%) OIL $63.88 (6.32%) US 10Y Treasury 2.54 (13.01%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (-0.37%) Dow tops 26,000, but fails to close above milestone The Dow blew past [...]
Investment Commentary –January 9th, 2018 Market Indices as of Market Close January 9th, 2018 Dow 25,385 (2.70%) S&P 2,751 (2.92%) NASDAQ 7,163 (3.77%) Global DOW 3,183 (3.18%) Gold $1,314 (0.74%) OIL $62.94 (4.71%) US 10Y Treasury 2.54 (13.60%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (-0.57%) All main indexes close at records as S&P 500 has best start to [...]
Investment Commentary –January 2nd, 2018 Market Indices as of Market Close January 2nd, 2018 (With 2017 Percentage totals) Dow 24,824 (28.11%) S&P 2,695 (21.83%) NASDAQ 7,006 (28.24%) Global DOW 3,113 (23.15%) Gold $1,319 12.05%) OIL $60.37 (4.60%) US 10Y Treasury 2.46 (1.26%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (3.54%) S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records in first trading [...]
Investment Commentary –December 27th, 2017 Market Indices as of Market Close December 27th, 2017 Dow 24,761 (28.25% YTD) S&P 2,680 (22.11% YTD) NASDAQ 6,936 (28.85% YTD) Global DOW 3,081 (21.90% YTD) Gold $1,289 10.27%) OIL $59.53 (4.60%) US 10Y Treasury 2.46 (1.60%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (3.15% YTD) Dow futures fight to avoid longest skid lower [...]
Investment Commentary –December 19th, 2017 Market Indices as of Market Close December 19th, 2017 Dow 24,754 (25.26% YTD) S&P 2,681 (19.77% YTD) NASDAQ 6,963 (29.36% YTD) Global DOW 3,067 (21.22% YTD) Gold $1,264 (6.63%) OIL $57.49 (0.88%) US 10Y Treasury 2.466 (-2.10%) Barclay Bond Aggregate (3.47% YTD) Republican tax bill heading back to House with [...]