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John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended May 24th
May’s pain It’s been a rough ride for stocks since the start of May, when the major indexes were at or near record highs. With a week left in May, the S&P 500 and Dow were down around 4% while the NASDAQ was nearly 6% lower. Bond rally For the fourth week in a […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended February 1st
January comeback After the worst December since 1931, the S&P 500 started the new year off with a bang, posting its best January result since 1987 with a gain of 7.9%. The Dow added 7.2% in the opening month of 2019, which was that index’s best January result since 1989. 8+ years of uninterrupted […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended December 28th
Historic days After falling sharply on Monday and taking a holiday break on Tuesday, the stock market took a huge turn. The major indexes soared around 5% on Wednesday, and the Dow’s 1,086-point surge was the biggest single-day point gain in the index’s 120-year history. Stocks rallied again on Thursday amid choppy trading, as […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended October 26th
Hit from all sides The negative factors for stocks were wide ranging in the latest week. Among the headwinds were disappointing earnings and revenue guidance from key technology companies, worries about further U.S.-China trade tariffs, continued economic weakness in China and Europe, anxiety over U.S. interest-rate hikes, and the aging of a bull market that’s […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended September 28th
Rate rise As expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark short-term interest rate to the 2.00%–2.25% range, outpacing inflation for the first time in a decade. This marks the third increase this year and the eighth since late 2015. It’s the first time since 2008 that the benchmark rate has been above 2.00%. […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended August 31st
August temperature check With their gains in August, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ have now risen for five months in a row, while the Dow has climbed for three straight months. The NASDAQ was the strongest performer last month, adding nearly 6%, while the S&P 500 climbed 3% and the Dow gained more […]
John Hancock Weekly Market Recap: Week Ended July 20th
Earnings update The first two weeks of quarterly earnings season have generally been strong. According to FactSet, companies in the S&P 500 are on track to report their second-fastest pace of earnings growth since 2010. Banks opened the earnings season a couple weeks ago, and major technology companies began to report results last week. […]
John Hancock Weekly Market Recap: Week Ended July 6th
Small wins After declining 2.5% the previous week, a small-cap benchmark rallied to a full recovery and then some as the Russell 2000 Index surged 3.0%. Stocks of smaller companies have generally outperformed large caps in recent weeks, in part because most smaller firms are more domestically focused than bigger companies and less exposed to global trade tensions. […]
John Hancock Weekly Market Recap: Week Ended June 22
Approaching halftime With one week to go before the halfway point of 2018, different segments of the U.S. equity market have exhibited sharply divergent returns. Year to date, growth stocks have outperformed value stocks by a wide margin and small caps have beaten large caps. Among major indexes, the NASDAQ has outperformed the S&P […]
Market Recap for Week Ended May 18:
Small-cap record A small-cap stock index climbed to a record high as the positive outlook for U.S. economic growth continued to support shares of small companies. The Russell 2000 Index rose on Wednesday to a level that topped its previous record set in late January. Retail strength Positive economic data and expectations of further […]