Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 9.14.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending September 14th, 2018 Positives: 1. Mid-Cap and Growth stocks made new new all time highs this week. 2. Jobless claims came in at 204k w.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 4.12.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 11th, 2019 Positives: 1. Markets continued to act better in light of IPOs, Disney streaming news 2. Jobless claims fell 8k w/o/w, f.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 4.5.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 5th, 2019 Positives: 1. Markets seem to have regained their footing — at least for now 2. Non-farm payrolls rose 196k m/o/m, above the expected.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 3.29.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending March 29th, 2019 Positives: 1. Mueller Report did not cause a rift in the space-time continuum; 2. New home sales rose 4.9% in February .....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 3.22.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending March 22nd, 2019: Positives: 1. Mueller report drops; perhaps the country can begin to move on? 2. Existing home sales rose 11.8% m.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 3.8.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending March 8th, 2019 Positives: 1. Average hourly earnings grew by 0.4% m/o/m, higher by 3.4% y/o/y, the best since 2009; 2. Unemployment rate fell .....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 3.1.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending March 1st, 2019 Positives: 1. Former POTUS attorney Michael Cohen’s testifies to Congress, bringing this entire mess another step closer to ending; 2. GDP rose 2.6% for Q4, m.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 4.6.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 6th, 2018 Positives: 1. All things considered, it could have been much worse. 2. Same store sales rose 4.4% y/o/y, above the previous 3.6% inc.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 4.27.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 27th, 2018 Positives: 1. First quarter GDP rose 2.3%. 2. Durable goods orders rose 2.6%, beating the expected 1.7%. 3. Jobless claims fell 21k, down fro.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 5.11.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending May 11th, 2018 Positives: 1. March saw 6.55mm job openings, a record number (survey dates back to 2000). That was up from 6.08mm in F.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 5.25.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending May 25th, 2018 Positives: 1. Following a series of diplomatic blunders, markets shook off lots of bad geopolitical news to close highe.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 6.1.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending June 1st, 2018 Positives: 1. Average weekly earnings rose 3% y/o/y (the best in 7 years); weekly earnings up 0.3% m/o/m; 2. Nonfarm payrolls rose 223k in .....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 6.8.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending June 8th, 2018 Positives: 1. For the 1st time ever, the net worth of U.S. households and nonprofits rose to $100.8 trillion 2......»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 7.6.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 6th, 2018 Positives: 1. Non-farm payrolls rose 213k m/o/m, beating the expected 190k. 2. Home mortgage purchase applications rose a seasonally adjusted 1% w/o/w. 3.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 7.13.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 13th, 2018 Positives: 1. Same store sales rose 5.2% w/o/w, up .8% from previous 3.1% rise. 2. Home mortgage purchase applications rose a seasonally.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 7.20.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 20th, 2018 Positives: 1. Jay Powell’s Congressional testimony was uneventful (thank heavens for the little things); 2. Index of leading economic indicators rose .....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 7.27.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 27th, 2018 Positives: 1. GDP rose to 4.1% annualized rate for the second quarter, up from previous 2.0% rise. 2. Agree to .....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.3.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 3rd, 2018 Positives: 1. Unemployment rate fell 0.1% in July from 4% to 3.9%. 2. ADP employment report shows 219k increase in July, bea.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.10.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 10th, 2018 Positives: 1. Job openings are up 8.8% y/o/y, coming in at 6.662M in June. 2. Jobless claims fell to 213k w/o/w, beat.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 8.17.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 17th, 2018 Positives: 1. Jobless claims fell to 212k w/o/w, beating the expected 215k. 2. Nonfarm productivity shows a 2.9% annualized rate q/o/q, beating ex.....»»
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.24.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 24th, 2018 Positives: 1. Jobless claims fell to 210k w/o/w, down from previous week’s 212k. 2. MBA home mortgage applications rose a seasonal.....»»