Equity markets globally blasted higher this week with Russia leading the pack of actively traded country funds up, +2.65%. As we highlighted last week, Russia has been strong and received added help from the energy market on Friday. Russia (RSX) …
As markets exit from the most dicey month of the year, it is interesting to note that key US equity benchmarks are still down a bit over the last three month rolling period despite the recent surge.
Don’t get me …
US equity markets were mostly flat this week except for small caps which led, up +1.59% playing catch up.
Looking under the hood showed that sector rotation was confusing.
Semis and, technology which are the leading hot speculative sectors, backed …
US equity markets were under pressure early in the week, but reversed course Thursday and Friday, ending up about +1% for the week. Risk Gauges all flipped positive.
The twitter storm from the White House was relentless, sending the market …
U.S. equities closed mostly down for the week after recovering nicely late Thursday and Friday from a 1300-point 3-day swoon in the Dow Industrials.
A noteworthy development was that the benchmark small-cap (IWM) index had a death cross and entered …
US equity markets were pressured this week by news of impeachment proceedings against President Trump. The ratcheting up of the trade war with China was the final straw for the markets on Friday with the IWM (Small Caps) leading the …
Global equity markets had a moment of self doubt and most country ETFs backed off after digesting lower rates in the US. The thinking behind the tepid market response actually had some logic to it as the Fed stated they …
Global equity markets continued their climb with the S&P 500 hitting new all time highs on Thursday before backing off.
Small Caps (IWM) and value stocks roared, ignoring a massive correction in U.S. Treasuries. Small caps ended the week up …
Virtually all global equity markets rallied led by Mexico in the Americas, Korea and China in Asia, and Russia in Europe. The theme here is that weak performers and energy exporters found buyers. Also noteworthy is that speculative sectors and …
US equities bounced off some key support levels late last week. However, the S&P 500 still closed down for the month and It took all of August to digest a nasty sell-off that hit the first few days. Sector performance …
What Does The S&P 500's Tightest Range In 50 Years Mean For Stocks and Your Portfolio?
February 22, 2026
