Weekly Market Recap | April 25, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P 500 ended the week lower by 2.7%, and the NASDAQ continued to disappoint, down 3.8%. The equity markets continue to battle two major headwinds: Fed Policy and implications with interest rates, and the conflict in Ukraine. Tensions in Ukraine heated up after a slight de-escalation. Investors have concerns about the impact on already…

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Weekly Market Recap | April 18, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: All major indices ended the week negative. The NASDAQ was the worst performer, down 2.6% while the S&P was down 2.1%. Inflation and a less than stellar start to earnings season were the major contributors. Banks kicked off Q1 earnings with many beating earnings expectations. Many banks mentioned geopolitical concerns and discussed the rising risks…

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Weekly Market Recap | April 11, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P ended the week down just over 1% as investors’ concerns around aggressiveness in rate hikes and Fed balance sheet reduction has been renewed. Small caps and growth stocks lagged compared to peers. The NASDAQ finished the week in the red by almost 4%. Defensive sectors led the way this week with strong performance…

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Quarterly Insights | April 2022

Inflation, Geopolitics and Rising Rates Weigh on Markets in the First Quarter After a historically calm 2021, volatility returned in the first quarter of 2022. Inflation surged to 40-year highs, the Federal Reserve promised to raise interest rates faster than previously thought, and Russia surprised the world with a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, marking the first major military conflict…

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Weekly Market Recap | April 4, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P ended the first quarter down just under 5%, the first quarterly decline since the start of pandemic two years ago. On the heels of a ~10% run over the past few weeks, the S&P 500 fought back the final month of the quarter and ended March up 3.6%. Broadly speaking, financially healthy consumers…

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Market Update | March 30, 2022

I’d like to provide some color and context around the emerging topic of recession. Before we begin to dive too deeply, I think it’s worthwhile to compare the declines in the stock market this year relative to other historically large sell-offs in non-recessionary periods. As you can observe in this chart from JP Morgan, the low we’ve seen thus far…

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Weekly Market Recap | March 28, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: For the second week in a row, major indices were positive. The S&P and NASDAQ ended the week up approximately 2%. The NASDAQ continued its strength from last week after being the worst performing major index for the year. The NASDAQ has cut its year-to-date losses in half, and is now down 9.7% for the…

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Weekly Market Recap | March 21, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: The S&P gained over 6% for the week, and posted one of the best weeks since the fall of 2020. Investor sentiment helped push the markets higher, while the VIX fell over 20%. The VIX is a useful gauge in measuring investors’ expectations of short-term volatility in the stock market. The war in Ukraine has…

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Weekly Market Recap | March 14, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: All major indices ended the week down after a strong attempt to rally midweek. The S&P was down 2.69% despite Wednesday’s rally. The intraweek swing came on news that the Ukraine and Russia negotiations appeared productive, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. This marks the fourth week out of five the S&P has been negative….

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Weekly Market Recap | March 7, 2022

Week in Review Equity Markets: Volatility continued this week and the S&P 500 ended the week down 1.3%. The S&P is down just over 9% for the year, and the market has struggled to push higher, despite positive factors. Earnings season is nearly over, and companies have reported a 31% growth in earnings from a year ago, according to FactSet….

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