Happy Halloween! We have a special edition of Dynamic Market Update in honor of this week’s Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting. Investors were looking forward to the big interest rate decision to see if Fed Chair Jerome Powell would deliver a trick or treat.
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Guess what the market has been up to? More all-time highs last week for the S&P 500. Positive sentiment was primarily driven by renewed expectations for the Federal Reserve (Fed) to cut interest rates at their upcoming September 17 meeting.
The S&P 500 is now up close to 11% for the year, which is great on an absolute basis, but pales in comparison to the phenomenal international markets run of 22% (year-to-date through Aug. 18, 2025). Most importantly, increased rate cut expectations have led to a relative outperformance of the beaten up small-cap and value stock asset classes last week, potentially foreshadowing a broader market l
Despite the volatility, the uncertainty, the headlines… The S&P 500 ended last week (as of May 2) with nine consecutive days of gains, the longest winning […]
Volatility in the markets continues as uncertainty remains for investors trying to decipher a myriad of headlines, primarily related to tariffs. That said, after a rough week last week for the market, it has come roaring back this week […]
A couple of bad weeks and the stock market falls into negative territory for the year (as measured by the S&P 500). That said, it is still up double digits from a year ago and it will take more than a couple weeks to derail this bull market […]
Broken record here… The stock market (as measured by the S&P 500) hit another all-time-high last week, despite getting an inflation reading above expectations as well as more tariff noise. Market resilience continues as […]
We had quite a bit of excitement over the last couple weeks. First, the market, as measured by the S&P 500, reached new all-time highs after the presidential inauguration and optimism for new policy. Next, news of a cheaper […]
After a rough month, the markets finally had a great week last week, ending January 17, posting the strongest weekly performance since November. The main reason for the weakness is that interest rate expectations for higher-for-longer […]
