Index Performance U.S. and International Equities Major Markets Finish higher while International Markets Selloff The major markets finished the week higher, with the Dow Jones Industrials leading the averages. Moreover, US small caps have been a leader for the last rolling one month time frame. LPL Research continues to be positive on small caps amid…
Index Performance U.S. and International Equities Major Markets Finish Lower Amid Delta Earnings Growth Concerns The major markets finished lower for a second straight week. Friday’s quadruple witching where individual stock options and futures, along with index options and futures all expire on the same day, Delta variant cases and thus earnings concerns all played…
Index Performance U.S. and International Equities Major Indices Show Modest Weekly Declines as Delta Worries Mount All major markets finished lower as the investor concerns over the Delta variant, Federal Reserve (Fed) tapering, and policy risk grew. The S&P 500 index was down each day of the holiday-shortened week, along with the prior Friday, posting…
Market Blog This week in the latest LPL Market Signals podcast, Ryan Detrick and Lawrence Gillum discussed global central bank policy, recently weakening economic data, and where stocks and bonds could go the remainder of this year. In today’s blog we will focus on their discussion on stocks and bonds. The S&P 500 Index was…
Index Performance U.S. and International Equities Emerging Markets Rebound The major markets finished mostly higher building on last week’s gains. Emerging markets, as represented by the MSCI EM Index, outperformed the major market indexes for the second week in a row, as traders took advantage of marked-down names as the Chinese government continues its regulatory…
Index Performance U.S. and International Equities All of the U.S. major market indexes finished August higher despite concerns about the COVID-19 Delta variant, with the S&P 500 Index making it seven straight months of gains. The small cap Russell 2000, which struggled in July, rebounded nicely in August, leading all major market indexes. International equities,…
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Index Performance U.S. and International Equities Major Markets Rebound The major markets finished higher after last week’s selloff, as an already strong week was capped off with a broad-based rally on Friday. Emerging markets had an outstanding week, as traders took advantage of marked-down names despite the Chinese government continuing its regulatory crackdown on its…
Index Performance U.S. and International Equities Major Markets Pullback The major markets this week finished lower as value sectors reversed course from last week’s gains. The strength in cyclicals the prior week stemmed from the better than expected July jobs report as market participants renewed their faith in the economic recovery’s momentum. However, an increase…
Economic Blog Much has been written on the prospects for sustained inflation over the next few years. While some are calling for inflation to be a problem, we are firmly outside that camp. We believe there are several structural considerations at play that will put downward pressure on prices over the medium to long-term. Demographics…
