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4400 Post Oak Pkwy #200Houston, TX 77027
4400 Post Oak Pkwy #200
Houston, TX 77027
Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors is a fee-only, fiduciary Financial Advisor in Houston, Texas. We specialize in wealth management services, including comprehensive financial planning and investment management.
For more than thirty years we’ve been serving the financial needs of individuals, families, and businesses in Houston, Texas and around the country.
Wealth Management Services include financial planning, retirement planning, investment management, tax planning, insurance planning, estate planning, and company retirement plans.
June 8, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The U.S. equity market advanced for the third week in a row, with the benchmark S&P 500 index adding 1.6%. The Dow Jones was particularly strong, adding 2.8%, while the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 touched new record highs, finishing the week with respective gains of 1.2% and 1.5%.
Elsewhere in the consumer discretionary space, Tesla (TSLA) shares spiked on Wednesday after CEO Elon Musk said it’s “quite likely” that Tesla will hit its target for producing 5,000 Model 3 electric vehicles per week by the end of June. Retailers soared this week, sending the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) higher by 6.3%, following comments from Evercore ISI Research, which suggested that fears about Amazon’s (AMZN) ever-growing footprint may be overblown.
Meanwhile, in the tech space, Facebook (FB) came under scrutiny once again following news that the social media company has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics companies, including one flagged as a national security threat by American intelligence officials. Separately, Apple (AAPL) shares dropped on Friday following reports that the company has asked its supply chain to prepare around 20% fewer components for iPhones debuting in the second half of 2018.
In Washington, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the U.S. has struck a deal to end crippling sanctions against Chinese telecom giant ZTE that includes a $1 billion penalty and the implementation of a U.S.- chosen compliance team to monitor the company going forward. ZTE will also be required to change its board of directors and its executive team.
Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) kicked off their annual summit on Friday in the small Canadian resort town of La Malbaie. This year’s meeting is expected to be more contentious than usual due to President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium.
In Europe, the ECB’s Chief Economist, Peter Praet, said the European Central Bank will discuss how to wind down its asset purchase program at next week’s policy meeting after officials agreed that inflation is moving towards the central bank’s target of 2.0%. The euro responded by rallying against the U.S. dollar, adding nearly 1.0% for the week.
The Fed will also be meeting next week, and it’s all but certain that officials will hike interest rates for the second time this year. The question is whether the updated interest-rate projections will call for one or two more hikes this year.
Source: Briefing Investor
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