Weekly Index Movement S&P500+2.3%Nasdaq+1.9%Aussie All Ords+1.3% Global share markets (with the exception of China) rose last week on the back of positive economic growth and declining inflation. Australia...

03 July, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500-1.4%Nasdaq-1.3%Aussie All Ords-2.2% Stocks slipped a little last week after a statement by Fed Chair Powell had traders reassess their interest rate expectations. Asked when...

26 June, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+2.5%Nasdaq+3.8%Aussie All Ords+1.9% The stock market rally continued last week, with the Nasdaq clinching an 8th-straight winning week while the S&P 500 continued its...

19 June, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+0.3%Nasdaq-0.5%Aussie All Ords-0.3% Much has been written about the current US market rally is due to just the big 7 names but this changed...

12 June, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+1.8%Nasdaq+1.7%Aussie All Ords-0.0% The debt-ceiling debacle is now over. They voted 314-117 to approve it. No surprise. What was a surprise to me is...

05 June, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+0.3%Nasdaq+3.6%Aussie All Ords-1.8% Regular readers will know I have been worried about this debt ceiling. Not because they wouldn't raise it, of course they...

29 May, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500-0.3%Nasdaq+0.6%Aussie All Ords+0.5% Clearly, no one listened to me last week when I said be cautious as the US indices all had a good...

22 May, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500-0.3%Nasdaq+0.6%Aussie All Ords+0.5% What you think of the stock market these days will depend a lot on which index you're looking at.  The Dow...

15 May, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500-0.8%Nasdaq+0.1%Aussie All Ords-1.2% US banking fears reared up again last week with some crazy moves happening in regional banks. PacWest (PACW) was down 51%...

08 May, 2023

Weekly Index Movement S&P500+0.8%Nasdaq+1.9%Aussie All Ords-0.3% It was a fairly quiet week for economic data. US GDP came in at only +1.1% verses expectations of +2.0%. Seems...

01 May, 2023