Opinion – Thursday 28 April 2021

U.S. Equity Markets bounced around before briefly spiking after the Federal Reserve’s policy announcement, finishing the day mixed as the S&P again closed flat while the Dow finished with a loss of 0.48%. Markets were choppy again before the Fed’s...

Opinion – Wednesday 28 April 2021

U.S. Equity Markets continued their choppy trade, finishing yesterday’s session mixed as the Dow and S&P closed flat while the NASDAQ 100 fell 0.47%. Economic data were positive, highlighted by a strong Consumer Confidence number. In the past two months, optimism...

Opinion – Tuesday 27 April 2021

U.S. Equity Markets rose on the first day of a busy earnings week, led by the NASDAQ which ended yesterday’s session with a gain of 0.87% while the Dow closed lower by 0.18%. Markets bounced higher on a quiet day ahead of this week’s busy earnings calendar....

Opinion – Monday 26 April 2021

U.S. Equity Markets ended the week on a high note, led by the NASDAQ which closed with a gain of 1.44%. Markets rebounded from Thursday’s late-day sell-off. Some of the fear over President Joe Biden’s capital gains tax proposal subsided. While the plan is likely...

Opinion – Friday 23 April 2021

U.S. Equity Markets fell despite upbeat economic data, finishing the day lower, led by the NASDAQ 100 which closed lower by 1.25%. As a result the VIX spiked for the second consecutive trading session, closing 7% higher. Markets rose throughout the morning on strong...

Opinion – Thursday 22 April 2021

U.S. Equity Markets rebounded yesterday from the selling earlier in the week, with all three main Indexes closing in positive territory. The NASDAQ led the rally with a gain of 1.19%, while the VIX closed lower by 6.5%. Markets rose after starting the week with two...