Market Commentaries

04 Oct

Markets Stabilize on Hope Fed Usurps Pessim-ISM

October 4, 2019 Following a mid-week selloff, investors re-grouped on Thursday and Friday to recover most of the week’s earlier losses. Poor reports from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) on both the manufacturing and services sector sparked a selloff and fanned concerns that the U.S. economy was finally wearing down in the face of…

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27 Sep

Whistleblower Stalls Markets

September 27, 2019 A light week for economic news resulted in Washington’s latest political drama having disproportionate sway over markets. Following the release of a whistleblower complaint, House Democrats set in motion a formal impeachment inquiry into whether President Trump’s recent request to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden — son of Democratic…

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20 Sep

Stocks Fade as Chinese Walk from Talks

September 20, 2019 Bulls were poised to make it another winning week but came up short on late-breaking news regarding U.S.-China trade talks. On Friday afternoon, news hit the wires that a China delegation had canceled a planned visit to U.S. farms, renewing concerns China would fail to follow through on their commitment to increase…

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