Market Summary: The long and the short of it. US Markets: Equity markets opened up pessimistically in morning trading and dove into the red. Investors regained their courage on the back of the Federal Reserve’s Chairmen Jerome Powell’s testimony to congress. The Chairman said the U.S. Central bank is done cutting interest rates for the […]
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. U.S. Markets: The equity markets stalled again yesterday following Chinese media comments on President Trump’s speech to the Economic Club of New York. China Global Times said, “Quite a lot of criticisms and complaints about China from President Trump in his latest speech, but hardly anything
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. US Markets: Equity markets were again dominated by President Trump’s remarks over the weekend, dashing investor optimism that Washington and Beijing would soon reach a deal to end the paralyzing trade war. Both the S&P 500 and the New York Composite (NYA) dove into the red
The Impartial Lens Portfolio: We believe in a free market. We would rather have no war, no stupidity, no crony-capitalism, no nepotism, no corruption, no political circus, no fake news and we could very well do without the other seven deadly sins. Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. In reality, we have
Market Summary: The long and the short of it. U.S. markets: President Trump tossed a spanner into the markets on Friday. Confirming Peter Navarro‘s warnings, the President tweeted that he has not agreed to rollback tariffs with China, thus refuting Larry Kudlow’s comments. Navarro 1:0 Kudlow. The markets subsequently fell at the open and it
Market Summary: The long & the short of it. Most global markets rallied again yesterday on the contradictory comments from the U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators. The financial press decided to highlight the positive narrative and run with more optimistic comments. The S&P 500 nudged higher for another record finish at 3085 for a gain
Market Summary: The long & the short of it. The U.S. Markets awoke on Friday to some positive news. Firstly, a stronger than expected reading of the October jobs report enhanced bullish spirits in the markets. Secondly, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said the world’s two largest economies could reach “consensus on principles” during a “serious
Market Summary: The long & the short of it. Despite the avalanche of earnings releases being published for the third quarter, the attention of the market participants shifted to the Federal Reserve and its Chairman Jerome Powell. The Fed did indeed meet the expectations of the markets (all the action being priced in) and cut
Market Summary: The Long & the short of it. The S&P 500 soared to all-time highs in inter-day trading on Friday and settled just below the high to close at 3021 or +0.41%. It was the third straight day of positive returns on the S&P 500. The exuberance followed a statement from the Trump administration,