-October 28th, 2016 Weekly Market Roundup. Stock indexes were mixed on the week as the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased marginally, while the S&P 500 fell as the upcoming U.S. elections weighed on sentiment despite generally better-than-expected corporate earnings and economic

-September 30th, 2016 Weekly Market Roundup. The S&P 500 gained 0.2% for the week, but shed 0.1% for the month. The benchmark index advanced 3.3% during the third quarter, underperforming the Nasdaq (+0.8%), which climbed 9.7% in Q3 and gained 1.9%

-August 26th, 2016 Weekly Market Roundup. The U.S. Equity Market ended the week unchanged in another quiet summer week.  The best performing sectors were materials and financials, while the worst performing sectors were health care and consumer staples. Trading activity remained light

-July 29, 2016 Weekly Market Roundup. 2nd quarter earnings continued to outpace expectations with 8-of-10 companies beating consensus estimates. The S&P 500 index was flat for the week, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -0.7%.  Driven by strong corporate

-June 26th, 2016. Don’t Panic! After Friday’s sharp sell of -3.5% to 4% in the US markets and over -7% for many international markets, we are closely monitoring equity index futures for Monday’s market open.  The US equity futures markets currently

–May 27th Weekly Roundup Update: US equities finished higher for the week with all major indices generating positive returns above 2% across the board. Firmer oil prices helped, with West Texas Intermediate touching $50 this week. The resilience of the

-April 29th Market Weekly Roundup Update: Markets barely stayed afloat for the week after disappointing earnings results from high profile technology companies put downward pressure on the broader market.  Apple (AAPL), the largest constituent of the S&P 500® Index (2.9% weighting), fell over

-As hard as it was to believe that the S&P 500 was down more than 10% on the year on 2/11, it was even more unfathomable that by the end of Q1 the S&P 500 would have erased all of

-Feb 26th market weekly roundup update:  On the heels of U.S. crude oil prices gaining over 3.5% and with second estimate for fourth quarter GDP increasing to 1%, US equity markets gained for the second straight week as concerns of a potential

-Stocks ended the week sharply higher with a Friday surge, capping two consecutive weekly gains for the month.  Markets were boosted by Japan’s surprise interest rate cut, pockets of encouraging earnings reports, a better-than-expected Chicago PMI report and some stabilization in oil