US financial markets ended the week with mixed results as investors assessed the first week of fourth-quarter earnings.   Earnings results from the banks initially prompted selling, but this may have been due to President Trump’s call for a 10% cap on credit card...

US equity markets notched new highs in the second week of the new year, even as geopolitical tensions increased in several regions.  The new highs came on a broadening out of the rally, with cyclicals and small caps leading the way.  It was a busy week, with several...

US markets ended the New Year holiday-shortened week with losses.  Mega-cap Technology issues sold off on low volume, as did Financial and Consumer Discretionary sectors.  That said, the S&P 500 posted its third straight year of double-digit gains as investors...

The Christmas-shortened week produced gains across all major US indices, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones hitting record highs.  Mega-cap Tech assumed its leadership role with the semiconductor sector having relative strength.   Nvidia announced a $20 billion deal...

US markets finished the week mixed, with a late-week rally in technology mitigating early-week losses.  Micron Technology’s third-quarter results were excellent and helped propel technology stocks after the announcement.  Western Digital, Seagate, and Sandisk, other...

The Federal Reserve, as expected, cut its monetary policy rate by twenty-five basis points to 3.50%-3.75% and tempered expectations for further cuts in 2026.  The decision was not unanimous, as a divided Fed considered elevated inflation against a weakening labor...

Apprehensive investors pushed markets higher this week, with the small-cap Russell 2000 hitting a new all-time high, while the S&P 500 closed just 50 points below its October all-time high.  Economic data, some of which is quite dated, offered a mixed picture of...