Jan 9, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 1/7/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA US financial markets fell in the first week of 2022 after the S&P 500 hit an all-time high on Monday. The release of the December Federal Open Market Committee minutes revealed a much more hawkish Fed....
Jan 1, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 12/31/2021 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Financial market action in the final week of the year was relatively muted. A mild Santa Clause rally did ensue as seasonal factors such as rebalancing and window dressing kicked in. Investors got a...
Dec 24, 2021 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 12/23/2021 -Darren Leavitt, CFA The holiday-shortened week produced another all-time high for the S&P 500 as investors looked past the ramifications of the Omicron variant and bought last week’s market dip. Technically, the...
Dec 17, 2021 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
-Darren Leavitt, CFA US equity markets fell across the board as global central banks moved to decrease their quantitative easing initiatives. In the US, the Federal Reserve announced that it would double the pace of its taper to $30 billion a month and conclude its...
Dec 13, 2021 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 12/10/2021 -Darren Leavitt, CFA US equity markets rebounded nicely over the week as fears of the Omicron variant subsided. It appears the variant, while more contagious, is less severe. Sentiment was also bolstered by Pfizer’s...
Dec 6, 2021 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 12/3/2021 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Markets continued to be volatile in the first week of December. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen struck a more hawkish tone during their semiannual testimony in front of...
