Yearly Archives: 2021
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Will Market Volatility Lead To A Santa Claus Rally?
12-27-2021The major equity indices opened the past week with another negative session. This was a continuation of the “Risk Off” sentiment that had begun on December 16th ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: The Fed Pivots and the Markets React
12-20-2021Last week the spotlight was on the December meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”). The Federal Reserve ("Fed") undoubtedly acknowledged the presence of inflation and inflationary pressures, made evident from this month's CPI and PPI readings and likely to be reinforced by the PCE deflator release later this week ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Jobs, Inflation and Potential Sector Changes
12-13-2021On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October data JOLTs report. The most important takeaway from the report was the level of job quitters, which fell 4.7% to 4.16 million from the previously reported 4.36 million ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Omicron News Leads to Market Volatility
12-06-2021The Omicron variant created market volatility from the moment it was announced, as our readers will likely recall the meaningful market move lower on Friday, November 26. ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: The Consumer this Holiday Shopping Season
11-29-2021Today marks Cyber Monday, a critical cog in the holiday shopping machine along with its age-old partner, Black Friday. While Black Friday dates back to the 1950s, the term Cyber Monday was coined in 2005 by a member of the National Retail Federation, and the growth in online sales since has exploded. ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Potential Investment Opportunities Following the Infrastructure Deal
11-22-2021Based on areas of the economy that the package is targeting, three specific sectors/industries should benefit the most. The first is construction equipment companies, a sub-industry of the Industrials sector, which will be crucial in the implementation of building and repairing physical projects ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Infrastructure Bill Passes as Inflation Surges
11-15-2021The long-awaited $1 trillion infrastructure spending package was passed by the House of Representatives on Friday, November 5th, and is expected to be signed into law by President Biden at a White House ceremony on Monday, November 15th ... Read More
Last Week’s Markets in Review: Tapering Begins
11-08-2021The November meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee was in full focus last Wednesday. Market participants were expecting material news regarding the asset purchase program implemented to help curb the economic impact of COVID-19, and potential indications of the Fed’s future path of interest rates ... Read More