Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Stock futures fall ahead of economic symposium Fears of aggressive interest rate hikes returned to Wall Street this week as stock futures fell. Investors are anticipating a volatile week as the Fed holds its annual Jackson Hole economic symposium. Home showings and deals are down as mortgage rates lower… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Gold makes steady gains early in the week A weaker dollar and a dip in US Treasury yields boosted demand for gold on Tuesday amid mounting worries of an economic slowdown. American manufacturing rates slip New numbers from the Institute for Supply Management show that manufacturing pace dipped in… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Social media shares tumble, but traders feel optimistic Stocks wobbled last week as investors digested new corporate earnings information. Social media companies took the brunt of the fall, with disappointing results announced all around. Twitter blames Musk for value drop Twitter shares were down last week as results missed… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Apple leads the stock market down U.S. stocks fell sharply into the final hour of trading Monday . News that Apple plans to curb spending next year to prepare for a possible recession seemingly had a major effect on other stocks. Delta buys a hundred Boeing 737 Max 10’s… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Twitter set to sue Elon Musk Twitter and Elon Musk are set to go to court, after the social media giant vowed to sue Musk over backing out of the $44 billion buyout deal. Stock markets open low U.S. stocks fell at the beginning of the week as investors… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Stock futures show signs of picking up this week Stock futures inched higher at the beginning of this shortened holiday week. This was welcome news from analysts, after coming off of another weak finish on Friday. Thousands of flights canceled over holiday weekend Travelers showed up in record numbers… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Exxon CEO predicts every car sold will be electric by 2040 Darren Woods said during an interview last week that the bold prediction is not a threat to Exxon’s business. He stated that even with the change, oil demand would only drop down to 2013-2014 levels, which was still… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. After bad end to last week, stock futures see slight improvement The stock market showed hints of improvement on Monday. Emerging after last week’s freefall, investors questioned if last week’s selloff had gone far enough to price in concerns about rising rates and slowing growth. Gas prices ease a… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Jan. 6 hearing continues to dominate headlines Politico has provided a summary of the second hearing, which took place on Monday. It can be found here. Recession fears loom after Wall Street plunge The S&P 500 sunk more than 20% below its record low on Monday, falling firmly into… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Price of gas rises yet again The national average gas price is now $4.87, with 10 states sitting at over $5 a gallon. Many more states are just pennies away, and costs are expected to rise further over the summer. Elon Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal… Read more
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Market rally extends gains Coming off promising increases at the end of last week, Dow Jones futures rose recently, snapping a weeks-long losing streak. Biden meets with Powell amid rising inflation rates President Joe Biden met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Oval office on Tuesday to… Read more
US Weekly Digest – May 25, 2022 Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. President’s comments signal change from strategic ambiguity policy with China During a visit to Tokyo, President Biden said that the US would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan. Starbucks follows McDonald’s out of Russia for good The coffee chain announced… Read more