A recap of the past week in three short headlines. 1. Robust Heading into Finals Week After refueling the past few weeks, bullish investors once again took over the market as the S&P, NASDAQ, and Dow Jones all rose of over 2% this past week. Large-cap growth stocks outperformed so-called value stocks for the second week […]
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Week of 3/29/2021 Market Recap
A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Growth and Tech Stocks Back on Solid Ground Tech investors were able to finally catch their breath during this week as the Nasdaq outperformed other indexes and finished the week 3% higher. From the outside, it appears as if the feud between the rising […]
Week of 3/15/2021 Market Recap
A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Shaky But Steady Week With the one-year anniversary of the pandemic coming up, the market has never been so strong. Even with Treasury yields causing investors to revisit their relationship with higher growth stocks, it presently looks as if they are staying together and […]
Week of 3/8/2021 Market Recap
A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Investors Get Back Together with Tech The ongoing feud between the rising Treasury yield rates and high-growth tech stocks was seemingly put on hold this week as the NASDAQ rallied 2% while the Dow Jones gained nearly 4%. For the first time in its […]
Week of 3/1/2021 Market Recap
A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Choppy Week for Tech The romance that investors had been building with the tech sector since the beginning of the year hit its breaking point as investors realized how much it would cost to continue that relationship. Investors dumped tech stocks almost as hard […]
Week of 2/15/2021 Market Recap
A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Bland Week This past week in the market was bland as the Dow recorded an insignificant gain of 0.11% while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq displayed losses of 0.71% and 1.57% respectively. Investors believed that Biden’s environmental policy would garner support for renewable energy, […]
Financial Crisis Breakdown Part Three: The Government’s Response
As the economy was collapsing and capital markets froze, the U.S. government had to take action to revitalize the economy and reduce the panic sweeping across the nation. The Fed and U.S. government’s main priority was to prevent the economy from absorbing even more damage through the use of aggressive monetary policy. Troubled Asset Relief […]
Week of 1/25/2021 Recap
A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Unprecedented Week This past week was quite a unique one. The market as a whole dropped this week as the Dow Jones dropped 3.27%, the S&P 500 dropped 3.31%, and the NASDAQ dropped 3.49%. All the talk on Wall Street this past week centered […]
Week of 1/18/2021 Market Recap
A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Good Week for Tech Earlier this month, people really started to doubt the strength of the rally in tech stocks. Typically, when something goes up a lot in a short period of time (ahem, Bitcoin), lots of skepticism about that growth starts to arise. […]