Stocks kicked off the second week of April, trading higher throughout much of the day before strong selling in the final hour pared back much of the day’s gains after reports that federal investigators searched the office and home of President Trump’s long-time lawyer, Michael Cohen. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 440 points, or 0.19%, before the selling started,
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Research Analysts Nick Antonucci, CVA, and Jacob Keen, to recap the market movements for March, including the recent volatility. Looking ahead at GDP, inflation and first quarter earnings.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Research Analysts Nick Antonucci, CVA, and Jacob Keen, to take a deeper look into the market’s recent decline, including proposed tariffs, presidential cabinet upheaval, basic economic indicators, valuation, and The Federal Reserve’s quantitative tightening.
April kicked off with heavy selling across U.S. equity markets with all major indices off more than 2% on Monday. The Nasdaq 100 dipped negative year to date for the first time in 2018, and 10 of 11 S&P sectors were lower on the year…
Stocks slipped on Monday with Technology shares dragging down the stock indices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.3%, falling back into negative territory for 2018. Facebook lost about $36.4 billion in market value on the discovery that a firm tied to Trump’s 2016 election campaign gathered data from millions of Facebook profiles without authorization.
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Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index started the week slightly down, as investors continued to assess the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The slip continued Tuesday after early market momentum faded following news of Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson’s ouster. Elsewhere, consumer prices ticked up in February, as the Consumer Price Index rose 0.2%, cooling slightly from a 0.5% jump in January.
Indices kicked off the first full week of March closing in the green zone on Monday, amid a variety of economic news. The ISM non-manufacturing index fell to 59.5 from 59.9 in January, indicating service activity decreased slightly. The upward momentum continued Tuesday as investors saw signs of disapproval to the potential tariffs on imported aluminum and steel. Mixed moves were on deck Wednesday.
The major U.S. indexes were uniformly strong on Monday, carrying over Friday’s bullishness into the new week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added as much as 400 points during the day, while the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ both benefited from a rally in Technology sector stocks. Indices traded into the red zone on Tuesday with stocks dipping on a variety of economic news.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, and Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, recap earnings season, discuss the Fed’s recent moves, inflation and housing data in this market update for March 2018.
