Tag Archives Equities

In this week’s video update:

• U.S. equity markets continue their post-election honeymoon period.
• U.S. jobs for December deliver solid numbers.
• Does solid performance from developed and emerging markets point toward more possible upside?

In this week’s video update:

• U.S. equities remain lackluster, despite improvement of U.S. corporate earnings numbers compared to last quarter of about 5.5%.
• Third consecutive quarter of negative U.S. corporate earnings, down about 2.6%.
• Emerging markets improve this week, with cyclical headwinds now in their favor.
• Continued strength in European markets with the STOXX 600® Index up about 1.5%., as worst-case scenarios anticipated from the recent Brexit vote appear to not be happening.

On this week’s Market Week in Review video webcast:

• U.S. 1Q GDP data was revised up 0.8%, adding fuel to speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) will raise interest rates in June or July.
• How might the upcoming “Brexit” vote be impacting equity markets?
• Discussion of upcoming economic indicator data to watch next week.