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2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: March 12, 2021

March 15, 2021

Recap & Commentary Despite ongoing nervousness about higher rates, markets ended the week higher. For the more cyclically oriented Dow […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: March 5, 2021

March 8, 2021

Recap & Commentary Continued focus on rising rates led to another volatile week, in which the S&P 500 rose or […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: February 26, 2021

March 1, 2021

Recap & Commentary Global equities ended down on the week after markets experienced heightened volatility. The Nasdaq experienced a selloff, […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: February 19, 2021

February 22, 2021

Recap & Commentary US equity markets declined as rising interest rates led investors to examine the potential impact on equities, […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: February 12, 2021

February 16, 2021

Recap & Commentary Equity markets enjoyed a positive week as investors remained encouraged by vaccine rollout progress and positive earnings […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: February 5, 2021

February 8, 2021

Recap & Commentary US equity markets enjoyed their best week since November, encouraged by the prospects of additional fiscal stimulus. […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: January 29, 2021

February 1, 2021

Recap & Commentary Equity markets ended down in a week dominated by a struggle between retail investors and large institutional […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: January 22, 2021

January 25, 2021

Recap & Commentary Equity markets enjoyed a positive week with several indices racking up consecutive days of gains as investors […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: January 15, 2021

January 18, 2021

Recap & Commentary US equity markets had a volatile week as investors digested headlines of continued tensions in Washington, President-elect […]

2020 Financial Markets Update

Week in Review: January 8, 2021

January 11, 2021

Recap & Commentary Markets ended the first week of 2021 at all-time highs after President-elect Biden called for trillions of […]