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The S&P 500 rose +0.9% last week to take its 2021 return above 18% amid a solid earnings season and some negative calls for seasonal swoons. This morning oil prices have dropped below $66 on 1) hedge fund mispositioning, 2) global growth concerns due to the Delta variant, and 3)…

While dropping Friday and last week (-.4%), the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones 30 are heading into the August within 1% of their latest record high closes set last Monday. The tech heavy Nasdaq, which also fell Friday (on Amazons slower guidance) and last week, also remained just under 1% from last…

Equity markets fell for the first two days of the week amid spreading virus variants and concerns about the future path of global growth. The brief decline brought the bear calls out for a -10-20% forthcoming decline. Never mind that these strategists have been wrongly calling for this kind of…

U.S. equity futures are down this morning preopening, from -0.5/-.75% for the NASDAQ, -1.25% for the S&P500, -1.5% for the Dow, and -2% for the small cap Russell 2000. Concerns about U.S. and global economic growth are being stoked by rising COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant. As one…

While global equities were mixed last week, the Technology heavy NASDAQ (+0.4%) and the S&P500 (+0.4%) rose to new all-time highs.  Japan/NIKKEI (-2.9%) and France/CAC40 (-0.4%) were global laggards. Overall, for the week, growth stocks outperformed value as the 10-year Treasury fell 6 bps, with the FAANGs returning 1.73% compared…

The S&P 500 rose 8.2% in Q2 and is up about 14.4% for the first half of 2021.  Tech led the second quarter after a sluggish Q1. The tech heavy Nasdaq jumped 9.5% in the second quarter and sits up about 12.5% year to date.  The more value biased Dow…

Oak Harvest has released our 2H2021 Market Outlook titled- “Let the Good Times Roll.” The Outlook can be read here: https://oakharvestfg.com/2021-second-half-market-outlook/ Further data detail and additional videos and podcasts on the material will be forthcoming. Our initial podcast release of the Outlook can be found here: https://oakharvestfg.com/stock-talk/let-the-good-times-roll-the-bull-market-marches-on-in-the-second-half-of-2021/ While mindful of…

Amongst the anticipated market weakness last week, the OHFG investment team released our 2H2021 Market Outlook titled “Let the Good Times Roll.” Further data, detail, additional videos, and podcasts on the material will be forthcoming. The initial abbreviated version can be found here. Equity markets dropped last week amid a…

Rotating: Growth upturn, transitory commodity inflation peak. The S&P 500 rose to a minor all-time high last week. It added 0.4% last week with healthcare and consumer discretionary sectors providing the biggest boost. Financials and materials lagged on the back of a flatter yield curve, a decline in commodity prices and…

Chris Perras, CFA®, Chief Investment Officer, notes that watching television financial shows may be bad for investors. Be careful what you consume. TV financial media said For example, TV media reported in their headline that: “Market returns are much worse when inflation is high, Goldman says. Here’s how to play…

Our view: Equity markets are rotating sector leadership during the continued summer “stall” and second quarter “dead zone.” Equity markets rose back toward all-time highs, with the S&P 500 adding 0.6%. Energy led with a 6.7% rally, while health care lagged. U.S. payrolls rose 559,000 in May, highlighting that while…

Up, down whipsawing and waiting: summer “stall” continues. We are in the “summer stall” for the stock market. In our view, it started “Tax Day,” April 16. Earnings season has ended, and positive reports were the rule, not the exception — as expected. In our view, the markets would not…