Market Moment 12-1-2022

Market Moment 12-1-2022

Market Moment Thursday December 1, 2022 November has shown a shift that was encouraging to the financial markets. Fed Chair Powell spoke Wednesday at Brookings Institution and has not overtly changed his tone…. or has he? The same Fed Chair who had a completely...
Market Moment 11-14-2022

Market Moment 11-14-2022

Market Moment Monday November 14, 2022 The two primary factors dictating the direction of the financial markets are inflation data and commentary by Federal Reserve Officials.  This past Thursday the inflation data came in softer than anticipated (7.7% reported vs...
Market Moment 7-18-2022

Market Moment 7-18-2022

FED rate expectations and inflation data whipped the markets down and then back up to finish last week. Both will continue to dominate the market narrative until we get signs that the FED is seeing inflation calm down. On Wednesday the CPI (consumer price index) was...
Market Moment 7-5-2022

Market Moment 7-5-2022

The second half of 2022 for the markets begins now. The following is a summary of 15 Wall Street Strategists published (CNBC) year-end estimates for the S&P 500 index. These come from firms such as Merrill Lynch, CitiBank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan,...
Market Moment 6-27-2022

Market Moment 6-27-2022

Are we at “a bottom” or “the bottom?” This is the question that is dominating market participants. Two weeks ago, we had a meltdown with 5 of 7 trading days seeing 90% of the S&P 500 stocks falling in value. This has never happened. I vividly recall the morning of...