The end of year is time for reflection. For most investors 2021 is a year of frustration as the major indexes racked up new highs and portfolios struggled to make gains. It was a year that disproved ...
Quarter End – Q3 2021
October 18, 2021 At the End of Q3 2021 – Investors are confronting the long-ignored problem of inflation. With food, gasoline and home heating costs rising, the problem is no longer ...
There was a gappers’ block in financial markets last week as equity investors slowed to see what the United States Treasury bond market was up to.
U.S. Treasury bonds rallied last week. Yields on 10-year Treasuries dropped from 1.43 percent at the start of the week to 1.27 percent on Thursday. The rally was quite a surprise, reported Randall W. ...
Thinking Of Markets – March 3 2021
Students of financial markets may have noted a historically unusual event last week. On Thursday, the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes briefly matched the dividend yield for the Standard & ...
Monday Market Comments
Friday extended the HOPE rally with the announcement that social distancing is about to be relaxed. SPY closed above prior resistance three days last week above the 50% retracement and the 50-DMA. ...