Market Summary: The long & short of it. Stock markets ripped higher on Thursday, propelled by the “Resumption of Trade Talks”. The S&P 500 extending it gains from yesterday to close at 2976 and a gain of 1.30%. The New York Composite followed suit with to close at 12,917 and a gain of 0.95%.
Market Summary: The long & short of it. Stock markets rallied strongly again today, shrugging off the disappointing August ISM Manufacturing (PMI)* data from yesterday. The PMI for August was the lowest seen since August 2016. The S&P 500 finished with a healthy gain of 1.08% to close at 2,937.78, while the New York
August 2019 – The long & Short of it. Stocks Markets did very little last Friday and drifted sideways to finish the week higher by a healthy 2.7% on the S&P 500 at 2,926. The New York Composite (NYA) finished higher by 1.23% at 12,739, leaving both Indexes near the upper end of their August