Jul 8, 2024 | Wealth Management
The S&P 500 kicked off the second half of 2024 with its best weekly performance since late April. The advance was driven by labor market data that has supported the case for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. The S&P is now within striking distance of the...
Jun 16, 2024 | Wealth Management
The S&P 500 on Friday notched its best weekly advance in over a month, primarily on the back of surprisingly soft inflation data. The headline consumer price index for May came in flat in what was its first unchanged reading since July 2022. The consumer inflation...
Jun 2, 2024 | Wealth Management
After a five week win streak, the S&P 500 logged its first weekly decline marking an end to an eventful May. On Friday, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE Price Index, met consensus for April despite a bigger than anticipated...
May 12, 2024 | Wealth Management
The S&P 500 on Friday notched a third straight week of gains, and the index has now erased nearly all of its April losses. This week’s advance was driven by an uptick in Federal Reserve interest rate cut expectations, primarily on the back of further...
Apr 21, 2024 | Wealth Management
After posting its worst weekly performance in over a year last week, the S&P 500 rebounded this week to score its best performance since October 2023. The rise was primarily driven by a surge in technology stocks and other growth sectors, anchored by favorably...
Apr 14, 2024 | Wealth Management
The S&P 500 fell nearly 2% from Monday through Friday this past week, and in the process, it posted its worst weekly performance since late October 2023. The retreat was primarily due to yet another hotter than anticipated consumer price index (CPI) report...