Opinion – Thursday 24 November 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished Wednesday higher led by the 0.97% gain in the NASDAQ 100. Markets finished positive following a rather uneventful trading day before the Thanksgiving holiday. Investors were given optimistic news from the Federal Open Market...

Opinion – Wednesday 23 November 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished Tuesday led by the 1.48% rally in the NASDAQ 100. Markets finished higher – reversing Monday’s losses as investors received a slight boost from positive retail earnings on this holiday-shortened trading week. Momentum continues to build...

Opinion – Tuesday 22 November 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished Monday lower led by the 1.06% fall in the NASDAQ 100. Despite the lower closes, the VIX also closed lower by over 2%. Markets had a quiet start to a holiday-shortened trading week. A surge in COVID-19 cases in China quelled burgeoning...

Opinion – Monday 21 November 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished Friday higher after a quiet end to the week, led by the 0.59% gain in the Dow. Markets finished higher following a late rally, albeit it was an uneventful Friday. No major economic highlights were reported. Fedspeak was rather calm as well...

Opinion – Friday 18 November 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished Thursday lower led by the 0.31% fall in the S&P 500 after a volatile session. Markets finished lower as hawkish “Fedspeak” dominated headlines Thursday. St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said interest rates...

Opinion – Thursday 17 November 2022

U.S. Equity Markets finished Wednesday lower, led by the 1.45% fall in the NASDAQ 100. Markets finished lower, as investor focus shifted from the cooler-than-expected inflation print to retail giant Target’s (TGT) earnings miss. The company also forecasts a...