by The BlackSummit Team | May 17, 2014 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action A positive start to equities this week quickly reversed course by the time markets opened on Wednesday. Low US Retail Sales prefaced poor data from China and Australia and contraction in Europe. In addition private forecasters expect US Q1 GDP growth to...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 9, 2014 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Poor international data inspired a downward start this past week. PMI data from China indicated contraction while escalating Ukrainian instability and more punitive sanctions coming from Europe against Russia spooked equities A number of high profile...
by The BlackSummit Team | May 4, 2014 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Talk of M&A activity early in the week elevated markets as GE’s attempt to acquire Alstom and Pfizer’s bid for AstraZeneca dominated headlines. Stronger than expected data on Pending Home Sales also worked to move markets up Major economic data...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 25, 2014 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action Equity markets started the week strong as a supposed agreement to deescalate tensions between Russia and Ukraine cooled risk concerns and paired with strong earnings reports, particularly from the technology sector, extended last week’s gains....
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action The US equity markets rebounded this week to effectively erase prior week’s losses in all areas save for technology. The Dow gained 381.79 points for the week while the S&P and NASADQ, both registered gains of 49.16 and 95.79 respectively. Technology...
by The BlackSummit Team | Mar 29, 2014 | Uncategorized, Weekly Market Update
Market Action The equity markets as measured by the Dow gained 19.78 points for the week while the S&P lost 10.05. Technical indicators imply a cautious approach. Biotech continued to weigh on the market this week. The index is down almost 14% since the end of...