May 1, 2023
Stock Market For the month of April, the stock market’s three major indices performed as follows: Dow Jones Industrial Average 2.48% S&P 500 1.46% Nasdaq Composite 0.1% For the month, the Dow saw its largest monthly gain since January, while the S&P logged its second positive month in a row. Friday, the last trading day of the month, saw solid gains thanks to a series of strong earnings reports, with the Dow rising 0.8%, the S&P the same, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite jumping 0.7%. To date, just over 53% of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings. Of those, 79% […]
April 3, 2023
Stock Market For the month of March, the stock market’s three major indices performed as follows: Dow Jones 1.9% S&P 500 3.5% Nasdaq 6.7% Stocks rallied on the last day of March to end a volatile month on a high note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a 1.3% gain on the last Friday of the month, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting daily gains of 1.4% and 1.7%, respectively. For the first three months of 2023, the Nasdaq Composite increased by 16.8%, its best quarterly gain since 2020. Q1 2023, the Dow posted a 0.5% gain and the […]
March 1, 2023
Stocks Stocks finished the last day of February in the red, which was indicative of a month that saw losses for the three U.S. equity benchmarks. For the month of February, the stock market’s three major indices performed as follows: Dow -4.2% S&P 500 -2.6% Nasdaq -1.1% Inflation Inflation took an unexpected turn through January, disappointing what was hoped to be a deflationary trend. For the month, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.5% month-over-month, rising 6.4% on an annual basis. That outpaced forecasts, which had anticipated that 0.5% monthly increase but only a 6.2% annual CPI increase. Furthermore, […]
February 1, 2023
Stocks Stocks rallied on the last day of January to finish off a banner month. Through January, the major stock indices performed as follows: Dow 2.8% SP 500 5.8% Nasdaq 10.7% For the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, that was its best January showing since it gained 12.2% in 2001. *** The S&P 500 Index, Down Jones and NASDAQ are market indexes generally considered representative of the stock market as a whole. The index focuses on the large-cap segment of the U.S. equities market. Indices are unmanaged, and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance does not necessarily predict […]
January 3, 2023
The Stock Market Stocks finished a robust month by rallying on the last trading day, Friday, June 30th. That also capped a banner quarter and first half of 2023 for the markets. For the month of June, the stock market’s three major indices performed as follows: Dow +4.6% S&P 500 +6.5% Nasdaq +6.6% That was the best monthly performance since October 2022 for the S&P 500 and the fourth consecutive winning month for the Nasdaq. For the second quarter of 2023, the three major indices performed as follows: Dow +3.4% S&P 500 +8.3% Nasdaq +12.8% The Nasdaq has now posted […]