The Power of Corporate Earnings Stocks stumbled across the globe last week as trade tensions continued to escalate. Despite rebounding somewhat on Friday, the S&P 500 experienced its first weekly loss in a month, and the Dow posted its worst week since March.[i] The S&P 500 dropped 0.89%, the Dow lost 2.03%, and the NASDAQ […]

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Trade and Interest Rates Last week stocks showed mixed results as political headlines continued to dominate the news. The Dow lost 0.89% and the S&P 500 was almost flat with a 0.02% gain.[i] The NASDAQ, on the other hand, reached a record high on Thursday and ended the week up 1.32%.[ii] Both the S&P 500 […]

Strength, Growth, and Tension As last week ended, tension between the U.S. and some of its greatest allies was on the rise. Trade remained a hot-button topic ahead of the G-7 meeting in Canada, but investors seemed largely unfazed by the drama.[i] In fact, all 3 domestic indexes posted strong results: The S&P 500 added […]

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Job Report Calms Volatility Markets experienced heightened volatility this week, with both the S&P 500 and Dow dropping 0.82% and 1.60% respectively. Meanwhile, the NASDAQ rose 0.24% as international markets took a small dip with the MSCI EAFE losing 1.10%.[i] [ii] The markets’ highs and lows came from a variety of economic and geopolitical developments. […]

Stocks Up, Signals Mixed Geopolitical uncertainty affected stocks last week, as the historic summit between the U.S. and North Korea began to look less likely. On Thursday, May 24, President Trump announced that the summit was off, and stocks stumbled in reaction. The next day, Trump said the meeting might still occur next month, leaving […]

Tackling Trade & Treasuries Major domestic indexes went down last week after all three gained more than 2% the previous week.[i] The S&P 500 dropped 0.54%, the Dow gave back 0.47%, and the NASDAQ lost 0.66%.[ii] International stocks also stumbled; the MSCI EAFE decreased by 0.61%.[iii] Two familiar topics were on many investors’ minds last […]

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Markets Post Week of Growth On Friday, the markets closed the week gaining traction. The Dow had 7 days of consecutive growth, rising 2.34%—its largest weekly gain since March.[i] Meanwhile, the S&P 500 rose 2.41%, the NASDAQ jumped 2.68%, and the MSCI EAFE increased 1.41%.[ii] Various factors came together to support the growth. From geopolitical […]