Nov 13, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 11/11/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA “Bar the door Katie” What an extraordinary week on Wall Street. Tuesday’s Midterm elections, coupled with a Crypto stalwart blow-up, were accompanied by a better-than-expected Consumer Price Index...
Nov 6, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 11/4/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Wall Street incurred another week of losses as investors digested another 75 basis point rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Hopes of a pivot away from a hawkish stance were diminished when Fed Chairman...
Oct 30, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 10/28/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA US financial markets followed through with another week of gains as investors gravitated toward the notion that the Fed would temper its monetary policy after the November meeting. Less-than-expected...
Oct 22, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 10/21/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Investors enjoyed a nice rally as Fed rhetoric suggested a less hawkish policy path. The rhetoric was backed by Nick Timiraos, a Fed pundit, who published an article in the Wall Street Journal that...
Oct 16, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 10/14/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Capital markets continued to be extremely volatile. All eyes were on the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) print on Thursday, which showed no signs of inflation moderating. The headline number increased by...
Oct 3, 2022 | Weekly Market Commentarfy, Weekly Market Commentary
Weekly Market Commentary – 9/30/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Global financial markets ended a difficult month of September with losses. Worries of a systemic breakdown in financial markets were induced by the extreme sell-offs in British Gilts and the British...