US Capital Markets Review 3/16/18
The US Capital Markets had a down week this week, with the major indicies down over 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had the biggest weekly decline at -1.54%, put the Dow at +0.9% for the year. Small and large cap stocks alike were down, and value and growth stocks had rough weeks, but growth stocks remain the significant outperformers for the year.
Commodities were fairly flat, and oil remains at $62 a barrel. Gold settled in at $1,313 per oz. US treasury yields increased for longer maturities in anticipation that more inflation is coming. The Consumer Confidence Index remains high.
In economic news, jobless claims fell again and unemployment remains at 4.1% overall. Housing starts data fell, though the rising interest rates have yet to affect the housing markets as was feared.
In political news, President Trump has not received the support he expected for the tariffs that were implemented last week, receiving criticism across the board. Also, the US implemented additional sanctions on a number of individuals and entities for their suspected role in election meddling - this ended up causing a decline in the Russian markets of about 4% for the week.
Personally, I think the US capital markets will continue to be fairly volatile, but feel we have a good chance of the S&P 500 earning 3-8% for the remainder of the year. I remain fully invested at this point.
Good luck,
Brian
Great decision @brain.rrr in your fully invested idea... Nice analysis..i am also inspiring to invest..
Hello friend @brian.rrr, greetings to you and your beautiful family. Good to know all this information, since I had no knowledge about it and it is always good to know new things information.this is a again tell u us capital market update.its a very important for me.thank u very much for your good post sharing.dear friend.. @brian.rrr
Overall I think the market is pretty good.
hello my friend @brian.rrr how are you?. This is a good summary of the Review of the Capital Markets of the United States, this publication is very complete and informative since you talk about how the economic, labor, political and commercial part is going. That makes it a totally necessary post, I do not know much about the subject, but when I read it, I learned how things are going in the great country that is the USA. Thanks for this information friend, without any doubt to the people who are from there it is very useful this post and to those who are not from there we keep abreast of how things are going. Greetings to you and family.
thanks...I'll do a sun. eve post on mkts..thanks for your support as well.
Hello how are you, always with your information up to date, I at least have learned with your post, thanks greetings to your beautiful family!
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Good information, but in reality it is not so serious.
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@brian.rrr Thanks for sharing information here.
sbd down prices.good for investing
To win you have to invest especially in these volatile markets there is always a large percentage of winning, Thanks for keeping us informed about the market in one way or another is something that concerns us all.