Author: Joel Charalambakis

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 27, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action U.S. markets closed out the month of February with one of the best months in the past few years, coming off a disappointing January. All sectors, save for […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 20, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action Thanks to a surge in markets on Friday major indices in the U.S. closed the week in positive territory. The main catalyst for the upswing was a deal […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 15, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action Major U.S. benchmarks closed the week in positive territory for the year despite the lack of major data releases to support the moves. Technology led the week thanks […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 7, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action U.S. stocks had one of their best weeks in the past five years. Better than expected earnings by some key companies, economic data and a technical bounce served […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 2, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action Poor economic data and disappointing earnings weighed heavily on U.S. markets early in the week. While the election of Syriza in Greece added to volatility to markets in […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: January 25, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action Markets got the sugar rush they had long been craving as Mario Draghi announced a QE program involving €60 billion per month starting next month through at least […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: January 23, 2015 |

Geopolitical Journal: January 23

Geopolitical Headlines Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Azziz al-Saud passed away on Thursday at the age of 90. He had been hospitalized with a case of pneumonia for weeks. […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: January 16, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action U.S. markets on Friday ended a five-day streak of losses for risk assets. A combination of weak economic data, global growth concerns and disappointing Q4 earnings contributed to […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: January 9, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action  A strong jobs report published Friday could not assuage markets, pushing them down overall on the week and 2015 so far. While the headline jobs growth exceeded forecasts […]

By: Joel Charalambakis | On: January 4, 2015 |

Weekly Market Update

Market Action Rising volatility in U.S. markets and international worries pushed major indices down for the past week. Some disappointing data, particularly in housing, took some steam out of equities. […]