Author: ClearWater Private Wealth

Stocks pulled back sharply over the week, as investors absorbed more tough talk from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and signs that he and his fellow policymakers still had work to do in cooling inflation and the hot labor market.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• March 13, 2023

Stocks closed higher and regained some ground following their worst weekly decline in two months.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• March 6, 2023

A cascade of upside inflation and growth surprises pushed the S&P 500 Index to its worst weekly loss since early December.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• February 27, 2023

The major indexes ended mixed as investors weighed some healthy growth and profit signals against worries that inflation trends might be taking an unfavorable turn.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• February 21, 2023

The major benchmarks ended lower in a week with relatively few important economic releases or other concrete drivers of sentiment.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• February 13, 2023

Most of the major indexes extended their winning streaks into February, helped by some upside surprises in economic data and fourth-quarter earnings reports, as well as what some saw as encouraging signals from the Federal Reserve.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• February 6, 2023

Stocks resumed their winning streak, as investors appeared to welcome some hopeful signals that the economy might skirt a recession in 2023.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• January 30, 2023

The major indexes ended mixed for the week as recession fears appeared to weigh on sentiment. The narrowly focused Dow Jones Industrial Average performed worst and gave back a portion of its strong rally in the first two weeks of the year, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite recorded a modest gain.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• January 23, 2023

Stocks recorded a second consecutive week of gains as investors weighed key inflation data and quarterly earnings reporting season kicked off in earnest on Friday.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• January 16, 2023

A Friday rally following an encouraging jobs report left the major indexes with a gain to start the year. The S&P 500 Index also continued to move within a relatively tight band compared with most of 2022, with the index staying between 3,764 and 3,906 since December 16.

• By ClearWater Private Wealth
• January 9, 2023