Archive for November 2022

VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Nov. 20 – 26 Fed minutes keep markets rallying This will be a brief note, since last week was a short one. We hope everyone had a happy, safe, pleasant and relaxing Thanksgiving — the markets sure did. While people were on the move in…

VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Nov. 13 – 19 The back-and-forth dance continues for markets After a strong showing the previous week, the major domestic equities gave back most of the prior week’s gains and closed slightly lower last week. Markets opened weaker following comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher…

VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Nov. 6 – 12 Inflation takes a break After the markets voted their displeasure with midterm election results by shedding nearly 650 points on the Dow and 80 points on the S&P 500 on Wednesday, folks were holding their breath for October’s consumer price index…

VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Oct. 30 – Nov. 5 Fed raises rates as Powell disappoints markets (again) The Federal Reserve met last week and raised the federal funds rate another 75 basis points (0.75%) to a range of 3.75%-4.00%. This really wasn’t a surprise; the markets pretty much expected…