Market Commentaries

OVERVIEW   The major U.S. stock indexes gave up most of the ground they had gained the previous week, falling around 1% to 2%. Specifically, the S&P 500 dropped 1.3%, the Dow fell 0.75%, and the Nasdaq dived 1.93%. Small-cap stocks really took it on the chin,...

OVERVIEW   The U.S. stock market rebounded last week, with the S&P 500 gaining 2.5% and the Nasdaq surging 3.25%. The Dow registered a smaller gain of about 1.43%. Foreign stocks had a strong outing as well. Developed country stocks increased 2.46%, and...

OVERVIEW   It was a mixed bag of results for U.S. stocks last week. The S&P rose 0.82%, the Nasdaq soared 2.26%, and the Dow fell 0.45%. Growth stocks led the way, gaining 1.66%, whereas value stocks declined 0.25%. Small caps also fell about 0.4%. It was a...

OVERVIEW   All three major U.S. stock indices fell more than 2% last week as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq recorded their third consecutive weekly declines. Small-cap stocks performed even worse, dropping around 3.4% for the week. Even foreign stocks were under...

OVERVIEW   It was a mixed bag of results for the major U.S. stock indices last week. While the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.9%—its second straight weekly decline—the Dow rose 0.62%, its fourth weekly gain in the past five weeks. The S&P 500 ended somewhere in the...

OVERVIEW   The U.S. stock market slid last week as volatility picked up on Wall Street. The VIX index, a measure of stock market volatility, surged more than 28% to a level of 17.10. The Dow posted a weekly decline of around 1%, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq...

OVERVIEW   U.S. stocks were in the green once again last week. The S&P 500 posted its third weekly gain in a row, rising about 1%, and the Nasdaq added about 2%. The Dow ended its 13-day winning streak on Thursday but still finished the week higher by about...

OVERVIEW   The Dow and the S&P 500 posted their second weekly gain in a row last week, increasing 2.08% and 0.69%, respectively. The Nasdaq, however, finished the week lower by 0.57%. Earnings season is well underway in the U.S., and solid results for many of the...

OVERVIEW   The major U.S. stock indices climbed around 2% to 3% last week, regaining ground lost in the previous week. The S&P 500 rose 2.42%, and the Nasdaq surged 3.32%, marking a 15-month high for both indices. Overseas, returns were even better, with...

OVERVIEW   The major U.S. stock indices failed to maintain last week’s positive momentum as the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ slipped around 1%, and the Dow fell nearly 2%. The S&P 600 index of small-cap stocks also dropped about 1.4%. Most of the declines came...