TD Ameritrade: Earnings and Economy
GDP Hits 4-Year High As Busiest Reporting Week Winds Down Friday Market Open) Another full cargo of earnings unloads on Wall Street today, rounding out the busiest reporting week of the quarter in which more than 170 S&P 500 companies opened their books. Additionally, the wrapping paper came off one of the quarter’s key data […]
Alliance Bernstein: 2Q 2018 Fixed Income Market Review
Global growth remains robust, and central banks around the world continue to unwind what has been very accommodative policy, and that resulted in flatter yield curves across the board, particularly in the U.S. where the Fed hiked multiple times, but even in Europe where the ECB has committed to unwinding their asset purchases by the […]
LPL: August Preview A Month For The Bears?
The surprise summer rally continues, as the S&P 500 Index is on pace to gain for a fourth consecutive month. In fact, should July close in the green, over the past 21 months, the S&P 500 has closed higher all but three times. Here is the catch: The calendar is something we should not ignore, […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Weed Ended July 27th
Economy surges The U.S. economy grew by 4.1% in the second quarter, besting its revised projection of 2.2% from the first quarter. Trade played a significant role in the increase, the largest growth spurt since the 4.9% result seen in the third quarter of 2014. Indexes mixed The Dow closed the week with […]