04|30|2025
Time to Celebrate? | April 25, 2025
Markets popped the confetti this week. Is the hype with merit or is it too early to celebrate? Monday S&P 500 2.36% | NASDAQ 2.55% In an otherwise uneventful...
04|30|2025
Markets popped the confetti this week. Is the hype with merit or is it too early to celebrate? Monday S&P 500 2.36% | NASDAQ 2.55% In an otherwise uneventful...
04|28|2025
Housing and Building: Existing Home Sales declined to 4.02M (Mar) from 4.27M (Feb), reflecting a month-over-month drop of 5.9%. Building permits increased from 1.459M (Feb) to 1.467M (Mar), but...
04|22|2025
Trading was less volatile this week but fell lower. Are markets becoming more patient or are they just taking a breather? Monday S&P 500 0.79% | NASDAQ 0.64% Trading...
04|21|2025
Retail Sales: Retail Sales (MoM)(Mar) jumped 1.4%, the largest monthly increase since January 2023. Core Retail Sales (MoM)(Mar) were also positive, though the increase was a more modest 0.5...
04|15|2025
There were some bright spots for markets this week but not without their share of volatility. Are there more storms brewing or will there be some daylight soon? ` Monday ...
04|14|2025
In reviwing Core Consumer Prices (excluding volatile food and energy), they rose just 0.1% in March which were below expectations and the smallest monthly increase since June 2024. On...
04|09|2025
The Monitor flashed Red in March. The Markets marched lower for the month. As April starts the same way, do we expect it to persist? Fixed Income 2-Yr Treas...
04|08|2025
Markets spiraled to close the week due to a heavier than expected tariff policy. Are we in for a fight or will tensions subside? Monday S&P 500 0.55% |...
04|07|2025
S&P 500: The S&P 500 declined by 506.86 points last week, closing at 5,074.08 and bringing its YTD return to -13.73%. This marked the index’s sharpest weekly pullback in...
04|01|2025
As our Country braces for trade tariffs, it seems that the Bears have taken control of markets. Should this persist? Monday S&P 500 1.76% | NASDAQ 2.27% The S&P...