The broad-based move higher by US equity markets last week was largely fueled by three factors: the perception of easing trade tensions between the United States and China, indications from […]
As expected, U.S. equity markets attempted to hold their respective 200 DMAs last week. That attempt was directly impacted by President Trump’s announcement on Friday that he would impose 5% […]
This week’s economic calendar does not gather much in the way of momentum until Wednesday, with the possible exception of Tuesday’s release of Import and Export Prices. Import and Export […]
As I discussed on Yahoo Finance Market Movers last week, investors have once again shifted their collective attention away from relentless and schizophrenic geopolitical headlines. It even appears as though the […]
Friday’s constructive equity market performance was triggered primarily by a significantly stronger-than-expected June Employment Report. Non-farm payrolls came in at +213K versus Econoday consensus that was calling for +190K. May’s […]
This week’s economic calendar can best be defined as manufacturing-centric. Away from the FOMC Minutes, scheduled for release on Wednesday afternoon and Chair Powell’s scheduled talk on Friday morning, investors […]