by Kelly Compton | Feb 1, 2023 | Marketwatch
2023 February 1: Williams Steinert Mask knows that as we enter the year 2023, we are dealing with inflation and its impacts on central banks that were behind the curve and forced to firmly react on growth which put recession in question and put pressure on risk assets...
by Kelly Compton | Jan 3, 2023 | Marketwatch
Goodbye 2022 – As we entered the year 2022, we dealt with old and new exogenous shocks, a pandemic becoming and endemic, and a conflict between Russia and Ukraine. But the year quickly became about inflation and its impacts on central banks that were behind the curve...
by Kelly Compton | Dec 1, 2022 | Marketwatch
Are we now entering the next bull market? The Nasdaq gained 11.48% over the past month, bringing its YTD loss to (26.3%). The S&P 500 gained 10% bringing its YTD return to (14.01%) and the Dow gained 7.97% bringing its YTD returns to (4.93%). Last month we wrote,...
by Kelly Compton | Nov 7, 2022 | Marketwatch
After the brutal September, the markets recovered some of the year-to-date (YTD) losses. The Nasdaq gained 4% over the past month, bringing its YTD loss to (30.1%). The S&P 500 gained 7.99% bringing its YTD return to (18.76%) and the Dow gained 13.95% bringing its...
by Kelly Compton | Oct 3, 2022 | Marketwatch
September was brutal closing the month with a 9% decline in and slightly greater than 5% for the third quarter. The Nasdaq lost about 10.5% over the past month, bringing its quarterly loss to roughly 4%. Both indices had the worst September since 2008. September is...