By: Joel Charalambakis | On: February 27, 2015 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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. […]