Quarterly Market Insights | October 2024
Investors welcomed the Fed’s decision regarding short-term interest rates, causing stocks to post solid gains in the third quarter.
Investors welcomed the Fed’s decision regarding short-term interest rates, causing stocks to post solid gains in the third quarter.
Stocks were essentially unchanged last week as geopolitical tensions added some volatility to an otherwise quiet trading week.
Stocks moved higher last week, continuing to build on the momentum generated after the Federal Reserve decided to cut short-term rates by 0.50 percent.
Stocks moved higher last week after the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut, bolstered by multiple data points supporting a cooling but still strong economy and decelerating inflation.
Stocks rallied last week as investors received better-than-expected consumer and producer inflation data.
Stocks notched modest gains in August, helping investors forget a volatile month of trading, punctuated by upbeat comments by Fed officials about interest rates.
Stocks fell last week as soft economic data rattled investors focused on the Fed’s next move with interest rates.
There were mixed results for stocks last week as upbeat economic data and a critical Q2 corporate report shaped the week.
Stocks notched a solid gain as dovish comments from Federal Reserve officials boosted the market’s recovery from early August lows.
Stocks posted solid gains last week, buoyed by robust economic data and constructive comments from Fed officials.
Stocks ended last week with modest losses, masking a volatile five-day trading period that saw investors embrace recession concerns and then dismiss the slow-down talk as speculation as the week progressed.
Stocks edged higher during a volatile month of trading as investors monitored economic reports about the Fed’s next move with short-term interest rates.
Stocks fell broadly last week as investors looked past upbeat Fed comments and focused on disappointing corporate reports and weaker-than-expected economic data.
Stocks had a mixed, see-saw week as disappointing corporate reports unsettled investors who appeared to rotate away from some leading groups in favor of other names.
Stocks were under pressure last week as investors appeared to rotate out of mega-cap tech stocks and into areas that may benefit from lower interest rates.
Stocks advanced last week as market leadership shifted amid fresh inflation data and quarterly corporate reports starting to roll in.