News about Stocks

Comm Serv soared today and is now back in first place YTD (still trailing Energy by 0.1% MTD); Tech did well today, too, but is still down by nearly 4% MTD … NASDAQ’s 2% gain today bumped it to third place YTD; small caps did well but didn’t outpace large caps (and they continue… pic.twitter.com/HAiuVWX0FF

Key to watch is whether trend in personal spending (blue) softens this year and if core inflation (orange) stays sticky … might put Fed in a bind, but also have to factor in labor market trends pic.twitter.com/2GSXIfB0ct

An interesting week ahead for the global #economy and #markets, including (but not limited to)… The release of the US monthly #jobs report, Eurozone inflation and GDP, and China’s #PMI’s; and A 2-day policy meeting at the #FederalReserve. By the end of the week, we should…

This week’s #markets were supposed to be mainly about earnings, with macro taking more of a back seat ahead of next week’s US #jobs data, the #FederalReserve meeting, #China’s PMI, etc (more on this in the weekly look ahead that I will post later). Earnings did have a notable… pic.twitter.com/8lYAakVct5