Fears of AI disruption spread to new corners of the stock market last week. Now, a question on investors’ minds entering the holiday-shortened week of trading: How much longer can this sell-first, ask-later kind of market behavior persist? Here’s a closer look at the three big things on tap this week: 1. Palo Alto Networks’…
We’re through the busiest part of the earnings season storm, with most of the world’s biggest tech firms already in. Nonetheless, this week brings numbers from two more portfolio names — plus, three important economic reports. According to FactSet, nearly three-quarters of the 59% of S & P 500 companies that have reported quarterly results…
While the Northeast and other parts of the country are digging out from a big winter storm, the temperature in the markets is set to heat up on Wall Street this week. Make no mistake, the earnings storm is coming our way, with about one-fifth of the S & P 500 set to report their…
We’re heading into a holiday-shortened trading week. Don’t let that fool you, though. There’s enough on the calendar to fill a full week. Earnings season is ramping up. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is due out (albeit a little stale). And we’re having our first Monthly Meeting of the year. 1. Earnings outside the portfolio:…
The new year on Wall Street officially kicks into high gear this week, with three things we’re going to be watching. The financial firms usher in the start of earnings season, the government delivers key inflation data, and JPMorgan holds a major health-care conference. 1. Club earnings: Wells Fargo reports fourth-quarter 2025 numbers before Wednesday’s…
The holiday season is over, and it’s back to the grind as we look forward to the first whole trading week of 2026. We’re still a few weeks away from the start of the fourth-quarter earnings season, so many companies are in a corporate blackout period. Our focus will be on macroeconomic updates and geopolitical…
Investors enter this Christmas-shortened trading week focused on two things. Will Santa Claus come to Wall Street? And, how do holiday shoppers feel about the economy? Last week was the final full trading week of 2025, and it was a volatile one. The AI trade went up and down, and the market was swayed by…
This week is the last full trading week on Wall Street for the year, and it is packed with key economic and earnings reports. The data will help us sharpen our 2026 market outlook following a wild week for stocks that saw the S & P 500 close at a record high this past Thursday…
We’re in the final stretch of 2025 and entering the second week of the historically strong market month of December. Barring a calamity, the S & P 500 should be able to turn in a third straight year of gains. The index has advanced nearly 17% year to date. Whether it goes higher from here…
Earnings season is winding down as we kick off the last month of 2025. Despite many headwinds — persistent inflation, slowing global growth, a record 43-day U.S. government shutdown, and geopolitical conflicts — third-quarter results were largely positive. With 95% of S & P 500 companies in, 83% have outpaced earnings expectations, while 76% have…
