Market Down and Dirty Last Week’s Economic/Market Summary  Data  U.S. equity indices gave back some of its recent bounce last week. S&P 500 -1.14% Dow -0.94%, Russell 2000 -0.31%, Nasdaq -0.98%1 The All-Country World Index declined 0.60%.1  S&P 500 sub-sectors were mostly lower last week. Energy & Industrials were the only positive sectors. 1  Real Estate, Healthcare, & financials led … Read More

Market Down and Dirty Last Week’s Economic/Market Summary  Data  U.S. equity indices exploded higher last week. S&P 500 +6.58% Dow +6.84%, Russell 2000 +6.57%, Nasdaq +6.24%1  The All-Country World Index rose +4.98%.1 S&P 500 sub-sectors were all higher last week.  Consumer Discretionary led with a gain of 9.51%.1  Healthcare was the weakest performer with a gain of 3.27%.1  The CBOE … Read More

Market Down and Dirty Last Week’s Economic/Market Summary  Data  U.S. equity indices ended lowered for the 7th consecutive week.  S&P 500 -3.01% Dow -2.90%, Russell 2000 -1.12%, Nasdaq -3.82%1  The All-Country World Index lost -1.33%.1  S&P 500 sub-sectors were mostly lower last week as 8/11 finished negative.  Consumer related sectors led to the downside as Staples & Discretionary lost 8%.1  … Read More

Market Down and Dirty Last Week’s Economic/Market Summary  Data  U.S. equity indices ended lowered for the 6th consecutive week.  S&P 500 -2.34% Dow -2.08%, Russell 2000 -2.47%, Nasdaq -2.77%1  The All-Country World Index lost -2.25%.1  S&P 500 sub-sectors were all lower last week with the exception of Staples.  Staples finished the week up 0.30%; Healthcare was the other sector down … Read More