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Last Week’s Markets in Review: Contagion Concerns put Fed in the Spotlight

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the country with approximately $209 billion in assets, has spooked investors and sent shockwaves through the market. ... Read More

Last Week’s Markets in Review: Higher Rate Fears and the Failure of SVB

With recent economic data demonstrating that inflation may have reversed the deceleration it showed in late 2022, market participants were fixated on Fed Chair Powell’s two days of testimony on Capitol Hill. ... Read More

Last Week’s Markets in Review: Shorter Term Yields Continue To Rise

When the Federal Reserve hinted at raising rates back in 2022, inflation started its rampant run, concerns over an economic recession flooded headlines, and fixed-income markets took a downturn. ... Read More

Last Week’s Markets in Review: Markets Decline on Hawkish Sentiment

After snapping a streak of four consecutive down days in the S&P 500, the index would drop back into the red after the release of additional hot readings on inflation. In what continues to be a storyline carryover from 2022, and an extension of last week's review, inflation continues to dominate market headlines. ... Read More

Last Week’s Markets in Review: Sticky Inflation is Problematic

The past week saw a substantial number of important economic data points released. The data gave investors fresh information concerning inflation (with the CPI report on Tuesday and the PPI report on Thursday), consumer behavior (with the Retail Sales report on Wednesday) and employment (with the Weekly Jobless Claims report also on Thursday). ... Read More

Last Week’s Markets in Review: Strong Jobs Market Continues to Confuse Investors

Most market participants spent last week analyzing the events of the week concerning January’s employment data that shocked the markets on February 3rd. That report, as a reminder to our readers, showed a highly unexpected increase in nonfarm payrolls of 517,000 (nearly triple the consensus estimate) and an unemployment rate of 3.4% (the lowest unemployment rate since May of 1969). ... Read More

Last Week’s Markets in Review: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

No, this is not a review of any of Clint Eastwood's movies (although, to some, that would likely be a much more entertaining piece). Instead, our headline for the week references three major events that took place over the past five days of trading and, as one would expect, consisted of the same type of mixed data that investors have grown accustomed to over the past 12 months. ... Read More

Last Week’s Markets in Review: Economy Shows Signs of Slowing

This week's update will review Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter 0f 2022, personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for December, and 4th quarter corporate earnings. ... Read More