Weekly Market Commentary October 18, 2021
Market Commentary: 4.3 Million Quit Their Jobs in August; Rise in Retail Sales Beats Expectations
The number of open U.S. jobs pulled back to 10.4 million but remained at elevated levels. Meanwhile, retail sales jumped 0.7% last month and are up 13.9% over the last year.
Weekly Market Commentary October 11, 2021
Weekly Market Commentary October 11, 2021- The word “jouncy” may have started life as a combination of bouncy and jolting…
Quarterly Economic Update for Q3, 2021
William Joseph Capital Managment, LLC 210 Redstone Hill Rd. Suite 5, Bristol, CT 06010 williamjosephcapital.com (888) 694-7271 Morgan Marx Morgan.Marx@wjcmllc.com In this Q3 recap: U.S. economic growth slows in the face of Delta variant headwind. Europe’s economic outlook remains positive. Stocks retreat from record highs; confront a bevy of challenges.Quarterly Economic Update A review of Q3 2021, Presented by […]
Weekly Market Commentary | September 27, 2021
Central banks have a lot of influence on investors, markets and economies. For the last year or so, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing $120 billion of bonds every month to ensure United States markets remained liquid and interest rates remained low during the pandemic. Last Wednesday, the Fed announced that it is ready to begin […]
Weekly Market Commentary | August 9, 2021
Market Commentary: Restaurants, bars lead hiring surge as unemployment drops, wages rise
A strong U.S. employment report was the top market event last week. Payrolls surged 943,000, unemployment dropped from 5.9% to 5.4% and wages increased 0.4%. Stocks benefited from this news. Read more in our update.