November 30, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The S&P 500 rallied 4.8% this week, helped by the Fed softening its policy stance and by hope that U.S-China trade tensions would be meaningfully eased at the G-20 Leaders Summit. For the month, the benchmark index rose 1.8%.
November 16, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
Wall Street stumbled this week, with consumer discretionary and information technology stocks leading the retreat. Concerns over peak earnings growth continued to linger, and a further breakdown in oil prices also weighed on investor sentiment. Brexit reentered the mix this week, along with U.S.-China trade headlines.
November 9, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The S&P 500 rose 2.1% this week, but had to weather a late week sell-off after the latest policy statement from the Federal Reserve humbled an upbeat reaction to the midterm elections. Neither outcome was a surprise, but they were representative of recent market volatility.
November 2, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The S&P 500 staged a rebound effort this week, tallying a 2.4% weekly gain. The continued expectation that the market was due for a bounce-back after last month’s sell-off, compounded with mostly upbeat earnings and easing trade tensions underpinned the rally.
October 26, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The stock market had another terrible week, in what has been a very bad month. The Russell 2000 is down 12.5% in October; the Nasdaq Composite is down 10.9%; the S&P 500 is down 8.8%; and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 6.7%.
October 19, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
Stocks had a mixed outing this week after suffering heavy losses in the week prior. The benchmark S&P 500 finished flat, leaving its October loss at 5.0%, and the blue chip Dow ticked up 0.4%. Conversely, the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.6%, and the small-cap Russell 2000 lost 0.3%.
Recent Volatility and Weekly Recap
Well, there’s no getting around it – this was an ugly week on Wall Street. After a period of relative calm in the markets, in recent days the increase in volatility in the stock market has resulted in renewed anxiety for many investors.
September 21, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
Wall Street rallied this week with investors shrugging off another tranche of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. The S&P 500 and the Dow touched new records – the first time that’s happened for the Dow since January 26 – and finished the week with respective gains of 0.8% and 2.3%. The Nasdaq lagged, slipping 0.3%.
September 14, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
Wall Street returned to its winning ways this week, powering through trade-related headlines and Hurricane Florence, one of the strongest storms to hit the Carolinas in decades. The S&P 500 advanced 1.2%, the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 1.4%, and the blue-chip Dow Jones climbed 0.9%.
September 7, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The Three-Week Rally Comes to an End as Tech Shares Slide. Investors returned from the extended Labor Day weekend in a selling mood, pulling stocks away from last week’s record highs. The S&P 500 ended the week with a loss of 1.0%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average showed relative strength, but still finished lower by 0.2%.
August 31, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
After returning to record territory last Friday, the S&P 500 headed even higher this week, adding 0.9% in total. The tech-heavy Nasdaq outperformed, adding 2.1%, and the Dow also advanced, tacking on 0.7%.
August 24, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The S&P 500 clawed back to record territory this week, closing Friday at a new high for the first time since January 26. Political uncertainty, trade ambiguity, and strengthened expectations for two more rate hikes this year all failed to dissuade motivated buyers, who pushed stocks higher in three of the week’s five sessions.
August 17, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The S&P 500 advanced 0.6% this week, recouping last week’s modest decline, amid a host of retail earnings, more volatility in the Turkish lira, and another chapter in the U.S.-China trade war saga.
August 10, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
The S&P 500 started the week on a positive note, extending last week’s winning streak and coming within 0.5% of its January 26 record high. However, the index struggled in the back half of the week, especially on Friday amid a sharp drop in the Turkish lira.
August 3, 2018 Weekly Market Recap
U.S. stocks edged higher Friday, lifting the S&P 500 to its fifth consecutive weekly gain, after a string of upbeat earnings helped reassure investors that the market is on solid footing.
