Market Recap: Volatility and Anticipation Dominate Trading Hawkish comments from Fed Chair Powell kicked off the week with Wall Street in the red, as hopes for a March interest rate cut dimmed. The Dow, S&P500, and Nasdaq all saw declines, with the Dow falling by 0.7%, the S&P500 by 0.3%, and the Nasdaq by [...]
Market Recap: A Week of Surprises and Momentum Anticipation around upcoming big tech earnings and jobs data fueled a positive start on Wall Street. The Dow rose by 0.6%, the S&P500 added 0.8%, and the Nasdaq surged 1.1%. The Federal Reserve initiated a two-day meeting, and post-close tech earnings led to a wait-and-see attitude, [...]
Market Recap: Navigating a Week of Market Surprises and Momentum Last week unfolded as a series of twists and turns in the stock market, shaped by a dynamic interplay of economic data and investor sentiments. The week kicked off with a broad sell-off on Tuesday, especially in the tech sector, driven by concerns over [...]
Treasury yields were supported by another positive US bill auction with the Jan 23rd results. After a tumultuous year, the bond market consistently shows strength with the results of the 52-week bill auction and the 2-year note auction. Although it’s not hitting every news headline, bond auctions are a low-risk investment, so no news [...]
Market Recap: A Rollercoaster Week Unveiled Last week saw the stock market navigating through twists and turns, driven by a mix of economic data and investor sentiments. From a tech-driven sell-off to concerns about rising bond yields, each day brought new challenges. Tuesday witnessed a broad sell-off, particularly in the tech sector, with rising [...]
Despite the positive reports from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, Tuesday was a damp day following Fed Christopher Waller’s comments to approach rate cuts slowly. Rate cuts are always good news, but his speech was not what hopeful investors wanted to hear. After anticipating six cuts in 2024 starting in March, the speech contradicted [...]
Dr. DiLiddo may be retired, but he’s not done sharing his wisdom. I don’t believe that he’ll ever retire from sharing his insights and expertise in an effort to help individual investors, like you and me, make money in the stock market. His most recent brainchild, The Seven Deadly Sins of Investing, is one [...]
BIG WINNERS IN AI. Written by: Angela Akers Besides the Fed’s 25-basis point rate hike, tech’s earnings highs and lows, and a blockbuster January Jobs report, everybody’s also talking about Artificial Intelligence, AI, this week. At the end of November, the user base of a private company called OpenAI, exploded after it released the [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The market began the New Year with a bang. In the first two trading weeks, the Dow added 3.5%, the S&P500 rose 4.2%, the Nasdaq climbed 5.9% and the Price of the VectorVest Composite (VVC) increased 5.6% through January 13, 2023. However, the mood soured a bit this week as [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The Federal Reserve had its final meeting of 2022 last week and raised interest rates by 50 basis points, from 4.25% to 4.50%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell set expectations that the Fed funds rate will increase to between 5.00% and 5.25% by early next year and remain at that level [...]
