John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended September 6th
Recovery path U.S. stocks maintained the previous week’s positive momentum, regaining more of the ground lost in a four-week string of declines. With the latest week’s gain of nearly 2%, the S&P 500 was within 2% of its record high set in late July. Q2 earnings review Data on the recently concluded earnings […]
LPL: Here Comes The Worst Month Of The Year
Here Comes The Worst Month Of The Year Posted by lplresearch Market Blog August 30, 2019 August has a reputation as a volatile month, and it sure delivered this year. After nearly two months without a 1% close higher or lower for the S&P 500 Index, market turbulence re-surfaced in August. Over the past month, […]
PGIM: Inverted Yield Curve Basics
Inverted Yield Curve Basics Everyone’s talking about the inverted yield curve and how it could signal a recession. Robert Tipp, chief investment strategist and head of global bonds for PGIM Fixed Income, addresses some of today’s frequently asked questions. September 03, 2019 What is an inverted yield curve? An inverted yield curve is when yields […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended August 30th
Consumer resilience U.S. consumer spending continues to be a bright spot amid a weakened global economic outlook and recently soft U.S. manufacturing data. Consumer spending recorded a 0.6% gain in July relative to June, with the rate of growth picking up from previous months. Good vibrations Although a new round of tariffs on […]