Opinion – Monday 27 April 2020

Technology and consumer shares pushed U.S. Equity Markets higher as investors assessed the latest batch of earnings reports and efforts to reopen the American economy. Oil gained after a week of wild price swings. The S&P 500 gained 1.4% Friday, but still...

Opinion – Friday 24 April 2020

U.S. Equity Markets closed mostly lower after a report said that a leading experimental Coronavirus drug performed poorly in a test. Crude oil climbed back above $16 a barrel. The benchmark S&P 500 finished in the red after whipsawing investors between gains and...

Opinion – Thursday 23 April 2020

U.S. Equities halted a two-day slide as investors digested the latest round of corporate earnings and optimism about the eventual reopening of the economy increased. Oil rose from historic lows. The S&P 500 Index rebounded from the worst sell-off in three weeks...

Opinion – Wednesday 22 April 2020

U.S. Equities tumbled the most in almost three weeks and Treasury Bonds rallied as turmoil in the Crude Oil Futures Market triggered a fresh bout of risk aversion. The S&P 500 fell 3.07%, with equity investors shrugging off a deal reached by the White House and...

Opinion – Tuesday 21 April 2020

U.S. Equity Markets fell from a six-week high, with investors on edge as Oil Futures plunged to unprecedented levels and a spate of corporate earnings on tap. The S&P 500 halted a two-day gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 2%. Chevron and...

Opinion – Monday 20 April 2020

Equity Markets extended their weekly rally as investors speculated the American economy would soon begin to emerge from a lockdown amid a glimmer of hope in the race to find a coronavirus treatment. The S&P 500 posted a second week of gains — the longest...