Markets grew for the week for the first time in a month. Is it a reason to celebrate or a breather in the pullback?
Monday S&P 500 0.87% | NASDAQ 1.11%
Nine major companies reported earnings, with two missing expectations. Equities jumped to open the week. Outside of earnings data there was not much to support the rally. It was likely a jump on three consecutive weeks of down market, creating better by opportunities.
Tuesday S&P 500 1.20% | NASDAQ 1.59%
35 major companies reported earnings, with five missing expectations. Housing data came in better than expected. The heavy earnings data drove markets higher on Tuesday, pun intended. GM (GM) and Tesla (TSLA) were among reporters that helped propel markets.
Wednesday S&P 500 0.02% | NASDAQ 0.10%
40 major companies reported earnings, with six missing expectations. Core durable goods orders came in lighter than expected. Strong earnings data was counter-balanced by higher rate expectations. This left markets fairly unchanged.
Thursday S&P 500 0.46% | NASDAQ 0.64%
60 major companies reported earnings, with 13 missing expectations. GDP grew at a much slower pace than expected(1.6% vs 2.5%). Unemployment data continued to show strength. GDP and forward guidance from Meta (META) spooked markets early. They managed to climb halfway out of the hole that was dug as the earnings flowed in throughout the day.
Friday S&P 500 1.02% | NASDAQ 2.03%
13 major companies reported earnings, with five missing expectations. Consumer sentiment softened in April. Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) held steady at 2.8% in March. This is the Federal Reserve Board’s (FRB) preferred gauge of inflation. Between PCE data and earnings from Alphabet (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) markets surged on the day.
Conclusion S&P 500 2.67% | NASDAQ 4.23%
The markets experienced a strong bounce back this last week in comparison to the last three weeks. Do not be fooled. Markets have a way to go to recapture highs as the growth did not even recover from the prior week. This indicates that there is room for markets to continue the run up as earnings season wears on. There are major hurdles this coming week with the FRB meeting, Jobs data, and Apple (AAPL) reports earnings.
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July gained more than we have seen since 2020. Is it sustainable or should the bears be feared?
Monday S&P 500 0.13% | NASDAQ 0.43%
It was a rocky start to the week. Earnings did not really get under way for the week until after market close. Tuesday carried a much thicker representation of earnings data. Early trade was quite likely focused on affairs in Ukraine that continue to make global foods supplies questionable. This impacts inflationary pressures.
Tuesday S&P 500 1.17% | NASDAQ 1.88%
Inventory was the story of the day Tuesday. Walmart reported a need to slash prices even further to induce buying. This is in an effort to alleviate an inventory buildup. This news and what it could mean for other retailers sent stocks lower. This might just be an opening salvo on how inflation gets defeated…
Wednesday S&P 500 2.62% | NASDAQ 4.06%
Markets opened in the green in anticipation of the FRB press conference later in the day. That meeting did not disappoint. The FRB raised interest rates 0.75% to 2.50%, the top end of neutral. Markets applauded the move, but more so the language surrounding the move. They sounded more dovish towards future rate hike activity given economy weakness.
Thursday S&P 500 1.21% | NASDAQ 1.08%
Welp… 2nd quarter GDP came in at -0.9%. This was the second consecutive quarter of negative GDP. With no additional context this signals a technical recession. The necessary additional context is that consumers, which makes up 70% of GDP, was positive 1% on the quarter. The drag on GDP was that much of the bottlenecks since last year have cleared and created heavy corporate inventories. Those inventories act as a negative on economic growth. Ultimately, markets rose on the decreased likelihood of an aggressive FRB.
Friday S&P 500 1.45% | NASDAQ 1.88%
Inflation, inflation, inflation… Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE), the FRB’s preferred measure of inflation firmed in June. Headline PCE rose to 6.8%, while core PCE rose to 4.8% (removing fuel and food). On a positive note, earnings data out Friday was strong with only 2 major companies missing expectations.
Conclusion S&P 500 4.26% | NASDAQ 4.70%
Breaking with recent trends, last week gained for the second week in a row. The month of July proved to be a strong month for equities. The S&P 500 rose 9.11% and the NASDAQ was up by 12.35% in the month of July. Given that we are in a bear market, last week’s strength should be short lived. Some air will likely be taken out of those gains.
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