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Market Month: June 2023
James Bogart
July 3, 2023
Wall Street proved resilient during the second quarter of the year, despite rising inflation, two interest rate hikes, and concerns about the debt ceiling. The ...
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Market Week: January 30, 2023
James Bogart
January 31, 2023
Wall Street ended last week higher on favorable inflation, economic, and corporate earnings data. Investors now must await the Federal Reserve's meeting this week to ...
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Market Month: December 2022
James Bogart
January 2, 2023
The year 2022 may best be described by one word: inflation. The economies of the United States and the world were influenced by rising inflation, ...
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Market Month: November 2022
James Bogart
December 1, 2022
nvestors welcomed news from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who announced that the pace of interest-rate hikes can slow as soon as December, which likely ...
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Market Week: January 24, 2022
James Bogart
January 24, 2022
The Markets Volatility has engulfed the markets this month and is showing no signs of letting up, impacted by a more hawkish Federal Reserve stance, ...
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Market Month: October 2021
James Bogart
November 2, 2021
Wall Street's strong October performance came despite a notable slowdown in economic growth as third-quarter GDP rose 2.0%, following a 6.7% increase in the second ...
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Market Week: September 13, 2021
James Bogart
September 14, 2021
Stocks opened the Labor Day week mostly down. Last Tuesday saw only the Nasdaq eke out a 0.1% gain, while the remaining benchmark indexes listed ...
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Market Month: August 2021
James Bogart
September 7, 2021
Stocks climbed higher in August, despite a drop in consumer confidence amid the spread of the Delta variant and the possibility of travel restrictions. Growth ...
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Market Week: August 23, 2021
James Bogart
August 23, 2021
Stocks closed the week lower over concerns about the pace of global economic growth. China, the world's second-largest economy, saw retail sales and industrial production ...
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Market Week: August 9, 2021
James Bogart
August 9, 2021
Wall Street erased earlier gains to close lower last Monday. Increasing demand sent the yield on 10-year Treasuries down as low as 1.15%, possibly raising ...
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Market Week: July 26, 2021
James Bogart
July 26, 2021
By last Friday, both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 reached record highs, with megacap tech stocks helping drive the indexes upward. The Nasdaq ...
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Market Week: July 19, 2021
James Bogart
July 19, 2021
The Markets Stocks suffered their worst week in quite some time, as each of the major indexes ended the week lower. Last week was the ...
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Market Week: June 21, 2021
James Bogart
June 21, 2021
Last Tuesday saw stocks close mostly lower. The Nasdaq (-0.7%) and the S&P 500 (-0.2%) retreated from the previous day's gains, while the Dow and ...
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Market Week: June 14, 2021
James Bogart
June 14, 2021
Gains by cyclicals, energy, real estate, and meme stocks helped propel the Russell 2000 (1.1%) and the Nasdaq (0.3%) higher last Tuesday. The Dow, the ...
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Market Week: June 7, 2021
James Bogart
June 7, 2021
The downward trend in unemployment claims wasn't enough to spur the market last Thursday. Each of the benchmark indexes listed here lost value, with the ...
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Market Month: May 2021
James Bogart
June 3, 2021
Strong first-quarter corporate earnings reports, coupled with declining jobless claims, helped bolster equities during May. Stocks began the month on a high note, despite a ...
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Market Week: May 24, 2021
James Bogart
May 24, 2021
Stocks began last week mostly lower, pulled down by tech and consumer shares. Of the benchmark indexes listed here, only the Russell 2000 (0.1%) and ...
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Market Week: April 26, 2021
James Bogart
April 26, 2021
Stocks retreated from record highs last Monday. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% — its largest single-day drop in nearly four weeks. Small caps and tech ...
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Market Week: April 19, 2021
James Bogart
April 19, 2021
Stocks ended the first day of trading last week in the red, falling from their record highs of the prior week, as investors await the ...
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Market Week: April 5, 2021
James Bogart
April 5, 2021
he Dow retreated from a three-day surge, falling 0.3% last Tuesday. The S&P 500 also dropped 0.3%, and the Nasdaq lost 0.1%. The Russell 2000 ...
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Market Month: February 2021
James Bogart
March 1, 2021
February began on a high note as investors drew encouragement from strong fourth-quarter earnings reports and encouraging employment data. However, news was not all positive...
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Market Week: January 25, 2021
James Bogart
January 25, 2021
Stocks enjoyed a good start to the week last Tuesday as equities rebounded from the prior Friday's sell-off. Investors were encouraged by Treasury Secretary nominee ...
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Market Week: January 4, 2021
James Bogart
January 4, 2021
Stocks jumped to record highs last Monday after President Trump signed a pandemic relief package into law. The S&P 500, the Dow, and the Nasdaq ...
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Market Week: December 21, 2020
James Bogart
December 21, 2020
Tech stocks and consumer shares opened last week on an upswing. Unfortunately, the rest of the market lagged. Investors faced the prospect of more stringent ...
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