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Another volatile week that ended with large gains in the major indexes
Past week recap: Another volatile week that ended with large gains in the major indexes, creating a two week “rally”, which could indicate the previous large market decline was contrived. However, this week’s gain came after the Fed meeting which confirmed their...
Massive sell off occurred just prior to Trump’s State of the Union address
Past week recap: A rally already? What completely changed institutional investor’s minds from just days ago? Makes one wonder which behavior is the real thing – the very sudden “fears of inflation” sell-off or last week’s “on second thought, everything’s really ok”...
Programs touched off by program trading among ETFs
Past week recap: A very volatile down-up-down-up week resulting in a large net decline, which when coupled with the previous Friday decline amounted to the fastest 10% market correction in history. Seems institutional investors were holding stocks to get every last...
Institutional investors reacted to rising interest rates
Past week recap: Some institutional investors – probably not the ones that were buyers just the week before – reacted to rising interest rates and the potential for more and larger rate increases this year than forecast, all in response to signs of inflation, by...
Trumps speech to the international business community
Past week recap: Despite the major indexes already at record highs, still more institutional investors were buyers again last week, driving prices even higher – buoyed by the quick end to the government shutdown and more importantly, reports of increased consumer...
Tech and healthcare remained attractive to institutional investors
Past week recap: Some sectors (namely tech and healthcare) remained attractive to institutional investors and their buying sent prices up again for the third week, along with the major indexes, though gains were smaller than in the first two weeks. Other sectors were...