Despite mostly downside surprises from U.S. economic data, hopes of a slower pace in interest rate normalization from the Federal Reserve pushed U.S. stocks and bonds upward. A seesaw week for U.S. stocks ended on the upside last week, though the...
It was just a sniff, mind you, but it was of a foul odor. A whiff of inflation seen in the monthly Consumer Price Index data held back stocks this morning that I believe would have otherwise gained from the get-go. The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: [...
Well, it didn't take long for the bulls to jump on their buying opportunity, with a little help from the bulls' friend in the Fed. In fact, despite huge daily swings in the market averages driven by daily news regarding timing of interest...
According to an article recently published by the Office of Financial Research, the "current bull market is longer and larger than historical bull markets" at 72 months (211% return) with the average being 55 months (165% return). The...
Wall Street's week ahead features more March Madness, but not of the NCAA basketball variety that likely kept most of Wall Street entertained all weekend. Rather, our version of March madness is being served up by the Federal Reserve...
Clear as mud.
After topping $2 trillion in U.S. assets, the ETF market still remains a mystery to many investors. In a recent survey by Fidelity and BlackRock, less than one-third (32 percent) of individual investors currently own ETFs in ...
The U.S. Federal Reserve cleared the way for a relief rally in the stock market Wednesday with its Monetary Policy Statement release. Despite removing its cautionary language - namely the word "patient" - it added enough new cautionary discussion...
Most of the major U.S. stock indices hit all-time highs recently. The Dow reached 18,288.63, the S&P 2117.39 - both of them records. But there's one that didn't quite break its high from 15 years ago… the Nasdaq.This leads us to one of...
