March 29, 2024, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap, by Kip Lytel CFA. For the week, US stock indices finished mixed with both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones advancing 0.39% and 0.84%, respectively, with the Nasdaq slipped 0.3%. For the

February 16, 2024, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap, by Kip Lytel CFA. After five straight weeks of positive stock moves, the equities took a breather on renewed inflation concerns.  The S&P 500 declined 0.4% and the Nasdaq dropped 1.3% on the

January 26, 2024, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap. All US equity indexes finished the week in the green, lead by the S&P 500 +1.1%, followed by the Nasdaq +0.9% and the Dow Jones +0.7%. On the economic front, core inflation, which

The year of 2023 was a year for growth stocks, but many other equity sectors participated by ending on a positive note. Notably, the technology communication growth sector’s sharp outperformance is unusual because normally when you have a bear market,

December 22, 2023, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap.  For the week, the S&P 500 rose 0.75% and the Nasdaq gained 1.2%, while the Dow Jones mildly inched up 0.2%. The US equity market continues to be supported by cooling inflation data, including the most recent Personal Consumption

November 24, 2023, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap. For the short holiday week, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both rose about 1%, with the surprise leader being the Dow Jones, finishing up 1.3%. The percentage of bullish investors increased to

October 27, 2023, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap. All three major stock indexes registered steep weekly losses, led by the Nasdaq -2.6% followed by S&P 500 and the Dow Jones, -2.5% and -2.1%, respectively. Two of the largest market capitalization stocks

September 29, 2023, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap. The UAW strike talks with leading auto companies, inflation data and the government debt ceiling concerns continued to be an overhang on stocks for the week, and the month overall. For the

August 25, 2023, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap. After three weeks of equity market losses, the US stock market indexes finished in the green for the week: The S&P 500 finished +0.8%, the Dow Jones gained 0.73% and the Nasdaq close

July 28, 2023, Weekly Stock Market Return Recap. For the week the S&P 500 finished up 1%, the Dow +0.7% and the Nasdaq +2%. The equity markets continue to be propelled by positive job reports, high consumer confidence, consumer spending, corporate