Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.
In our last Market Action Update we noted how “quiet” the S&P 500 had been during July and August, with zero days seeing daily price moves of +/- 2%. Over the last 18 trading days we’ve seen that 2% threshold breached four times, or about 22% of the time, which has heightened investor angst. One..
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Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.
It seems that almost every year around this time I find myself writing about the latest fire season. Even though we have not been evacuated like we were last year (knock on wood), many other people have been affected. Last weekend, when I checked the weather app on my phone, it didn’t forecast..
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Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.
Last week began where the previous week finished, as stocks remained under pressure. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fared the worst, ending the week down more than 10% from the all-time high it reached at the beginning of September. Unusual activity in Options markets, increased..
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