See our recap of April's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 99.7 Meta (Facebook) stock is up 99.7% year-to-date even after reporting a $3.99 billion loss in the first quarter of 2023. 5.6Core CPI, which excludes volatile ...
See our recap of March's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 42 BillionCustomers of Silicon Valley Bank withdrew $42 Billion of deposits on March 9th contributing to the collapse of the bank. 102 The 2-year treasury yield ...
See our recap of February's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 517February’s jobs number showed that the U.S. added 517,000 jobs in January, well above the expected 185,000. This is good news for the state of the economy ...
See our recap of January's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 27.8% The ARKK ETF, known for investing in nonprofitable and speculative technology innovators, gained 27.8% in January after losing 74.7% over 2021 and 2022. ...
See our recap of December's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 18.1% The S&P 500 lost 18.1%, its worst calendar year decline since 2008. 13% The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate lost 13%, its worst calendar year since the ind...
See our recap of November's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers -4.73 The Invesco DB US Dollar Bullish ETF fell 4.73% in the month of November, its worst monthly return since 2010. 14.85 The MSCI Emerging Markets Index ret...
See our recap of October's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 4.55 The yield on the U.S. 2 Year Treasury peaked at 4.55% in October before finishing the month at 4.51%. This is its highest level since August 2007. 14.07 T...
See our recap of September's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 3 The Federal Reserve increased the Federal Funds Rate by 75 basis points to 3.00% in September; this is the highest the benchmark rate has been since Januar...
See our recap of August's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 11.2 The Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey, commonly known as JOLTS, showed that there were 11.2 million job openings in July, and only 5.6 million looking ...
See our recap of July's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers 9.22% The S&P 500 had a total return of 9.22% in July, the best monthly return since November 2020. -0.9% U.S. GDP declined at an annualized rate of 0.9% in t...