Weekly Index Movement S&P500-1.3%Nasdaq-1.4%Aussie All Ords-1.8% More weakness last week in US stocks mainly due to rising interest rates. To explain why we need to go back to...

11 September, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+2.5%Nasdaq+3.2%Aussie All Ords+2.1% Stocks closed out the last week of August in rally mode after falling for much of the month. The Nasdaq Composite led gains,...

04 September, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+0.8%Nasdaq+1.7%Aussie All Ords-0.5% We are still seeing a good bit of volatility but at least we got some gains last week. Fed Chair Powell spoke...

27 August, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500-2.1%Nasdaq-2.2%Aussie All Ords2.5% Both the US and Australian share markets fell last week. But for different reasons. The US is adjusting to the idea interest...

20 August, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500-0.3%Nasdaq-1.6%Aussie All Ords+0.2% After surging for most of the spring and early summer, US markets have taken a breather so far this month. The...

13 August, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500-2.3%Nasdaq-3.0%Aussie All Ords-1.1% If you read the headlines last week you would have seen something like: "Markets fall on US Credit Downgrade" But that's simply not...

06 August, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+1.0%Nasdaq+2.1%Aussie All Ords+1.2% All three of the major averages closed last week with gains as upbeat results and forecasts from Alphabet (GOOGL) and Meta...

31 July, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+0.7%Nasdaq-0.9%Aussie All Ords+0.1% Global markets started strong last week but poor results from Netflix (NFLX) and Tesla (TSLA) caused some selling of growth stocks...

23 July, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+2.4%Nasdaq+3.5%Aussie All Ords+3.8% Another great week for global stock markets fueled by low inflation numbers in the US. That lowered interest rate expectations and...

16 July, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500-1.2%Nasdaq-0.9%Aussie All Ords-2.1% Global markets retreated last week on news of slow growth in China and increasing rates in the US. Looking at price charts...

09 July, 2023