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The S&P 500 closed the week at about 3095. Tech and health care were the leaders, while losses in consumer discretionary, energy and financials held the broader index back. A spike in global coronavirus cases weighed on global equity markets earlier last week, however the S&P500 still rose 1.7% by the close Friday. Global equities…
By Chris Perras. Buoyed by strong weekend money flows into index funds and ETFs, a surprise ECB bond buying program announcement, hedge fund and risk parity mid-week fear of missing out (FOMO), and finally a strong Friday jobs report, (much to the continued dismay on financial TV shows), the S&P 500 reached its highest level since Feb…
by Chris Perras. The U.S. market rose last week 3% to cut its losses for the year to -5%. For the month, the S&P500 jumped 4.5%. Moreover, global equities had an even better week, Global equities had a solid week led by the Japan/Nikkei (+7.3%) and France/CAC (+5.6%). I have to remind clients, investors, and…
By Chris Perras, CIO. The U.S. market rose last week on positive trial results for a COVID-19 vaccine and continued economic reopening measures. As we have mentioned almost weekly since March 23rd, markets are forward-looking, so continue to expect a delay in economic activity relative to the markets. Buoyed by additional positive weekend vaccine news,…
Weekly Market Update, 2020-05-18. Time in wins again. Much to the dismay of the financial news channels, equity markets are up over 3% on weekend. This was spurred by comments of Chairmen Powell, strong oil prices and positive vaccine news from Moderna. This proves again that it’s really hard to time investments in and out…
Weekly Market Update, 2020-05-11. Moving up, much to the dismay of the financial news channels. Yes, equity markets continued their upward move higher last week. Investors generally ignored hourly reports on “historically bad economic data” and some negative U.S. and China trade chatter. The rule remains: “Don’t fight the Fed.” The S&P 500 rose 3.5%,…
By Chris Perras, CIO. Equity markets were mixed last week with the S&P 500 falling .2% on the back of a Thursday and Friday selloff caused by President Trump returning to the blame China playbook for the virus and our current economic situation. The Federal Reserve took a pause and left policy unchanged at its…
By Chris Perras, CIO. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.10% closed 260 points higher on Friday, ending the week 1.9% down. The Japan Nikkei (-3.2%) and German DAX (-2.7%) were the laggards. Sector wise materials rocketing 11.1% (boosted by gold), tech (+4.5%), and energy (+2%) rounded out the top three. Financials (-4.2%), utilities (-3.3%)…
Weekly Market Update, 2020-04-20. Despite bad economic data and constant financial news network doomsday talk, the S&P 500 rallied 3% last week. It closed the week at 2875. Basically, where it based from January 2018 through Sept 2019. In doing so, it stretched its one-month gain to 14% and pared its year-to-date loss to 11%.…
