Nov 20, 2015
After a brutal week last week, stocks bounced back sharply this week both here in the U.S. and abroad. Last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris occurred just after the market closed on Friday, leaving many traders expecting declines when they got to their desks on Monday morning. But while futures traded lower heading into the trading day on Monday, the declines were short-lived. In fact, the S&P 500 ended up gaining 1.5% on Monday, and another big gain of 1.6% on Wednesday was enough to leave the market up more than 3.3% on the week.
Below is a snapshot of this week’s performance across the asset class spectrum using key ETFs traded on U.S. exchanges. Consumer Discretionary and Technology posted the biggest gains out of the ten sectors here in the U.S., while Brazil (EWZ) and Russia (RSX) gained the most of any country ETFs highlighted at 9%+. The only area of weakness this week was in commodities, where oil, natural gas, gold and silver all traded lower. For the year now, the commodities ETF (DBC) is down 23%.
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Nov 4, 2015
Last year we published the first edition of the Bespoke Market Calendar — a printed calendar booklet for traders and investors to keep at their desks and use throughout the year to stay on top of everything going on in financial markets. We got amazing feedback from those that purchased our 2014/2015 calendar, and the requests for our 2015/2016 calendar have been rolling in.
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Oct 24, 2015
Imagine if you went on a two-month vacation on August 20th and came back this past week on October 20th. When you left the office in August, the S&P 500 was trading at around 2,030. Back at work on Tuesday morning, you sit up at your desk and pull up a quote of the S&P 500, and you see that the index is trading right at 2,030. You think to yourself, “I didn’t miss much. Maybe next year I’ll take three months.” After the massive moves down and up that we have seen in the last two months, it is hard to believe that the S&P 500 is right back in that historically tight range that gripped the index for most of 2015. As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same!
Our weekly Bespoke Report was sent out to clients last night after the close. This week’s edition covered the earnings deluge, economic data, international developments, as well as the collapse in the relative strength of the Health Care sector. We also discussed what the current setup implies for the market going forward. If you are already a client, login to view this week’s report. If you are not currently subscribed, sign up today!
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