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Market commentary for week ending 2019-01-20

The rebound in the risk assets continues for the third week in 2019.  Both North American and European equity indexes registered sizeable gains. On the other side of the investment spectrum,  the yield on safe heaven government securities continues to fall. US large cap equity benchmark S&P 500 gained 2.87% overall. The financial sector was
Market commentary for week ending 2018-11-18

The financial markets were uneven for another week. US equity large cap index S&P 500 lost 1.61% on a weekly basis. Only two sectors performed positively, real estate gained 0.83% and materials 0.37%. The largest loss was attributed to consumer discretionary sector -3.78%, information technology performing second worst, with a weekly loss -2.46%. The European
Market commentary for week ending 2018-11-11

The U.S. midterm elections dominated the headlines for most of the week. The election outcome was largely expected. Legislative power is balanced, each political party controlling one-half of the houses in Congress. The Republicans secured the control of the Senate and Democrats won the majority control of the House. In fact, Republicans gained better results
Market commentary for week ending 2018-11-04

Upcoming US midterm election this week could result in a shift in a balance of power in Washington, but it is unlikely to bring any near-term policy changes. Two party control of Congress is expected. Predictions suggest that most likely event will be Democrats taking over the House of Representatives and Republicans will control the
Market commentary for week ending 2018-10-28

The third quarter GDP results surprised positively to the upside. The real growth reached 3.5%. The decomposed data shows more details into this figure. Consumer spending and government expenditures were the main sources of strength, 4% and 3.3% respectively. These categories benefit from the lower federal personal tax and higher federal spending. The trade data
Market commentary for week ending 2018-10-21

US benchmark index S&P 500 finished flat this week. Looking deeper into mixed results of the sector decomposition, we can conclude that risk off is still going on. Defensive sectors outperformed heavily, leading with consumer staples up 4.3% and utilities up 3.1%. Cyclicals sold off, with consumer discretionary as biggest loser down 2%, energy down

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