After a lackluster start to the month of August, spurred by the U.S. debt rating downgrade and mixed data in the July jobs report, markets rebounded slightly this week......
Global equities took a breather this week as investors digest corporate earnings and more data that continues to show a resilient US economy. Earnings season is more than halfway through with results coming in stronger than expected......
Markets continued their march higher this week, and in dramatic fashion. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finally ran out of steam Thursday as investors cashed in following an historic streak of 13 straight gains.......
Global equities continued their unrelenting march higher this week as we had a series of better-than-expected inflation figures out of major Western economies. Price pressures in Britain dropped to the lowest level in 15 months on Wednesday.......
A year after hitting a peak of 9.1%, US inflation has now fallen for twelve consecutive months. Wednesday’s June Consumer Prince Index (CPI) report saw US inflation come in lower than expected at 3% and down a full 1% from the 4% reading in May. ......
North American markets finished lower in the holiday shortened week. A much stronger-than-expected ADP Private Sector report on Thursday increased investors’ anxiety around the state of the economy and path of interest rates.......
We are back up-and-running with our regular Market Watch Weekly commentary. Our apologies for the 3-month hiatus, but it was important for us to ensure your portfolios were sufficiently transitioned before we moved on to our marketing channels.......