See our recap of February's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers An estimated $9.6 billion in goods moves through the Suez Canal each day. Traffic ground to halt for nearly a week in late March as a containership, the Ever G...
March
01
2021
See our recap of February's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The outperformance of the S&P 500 Value index against the S&P 500 Growth index during the month of February. Value stocks, which drastically underperfo...
February
01
2021
See our recap of January's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers According to JP Morgan, with 49.9% of companies in the S&P 500 having reported Q4 earnings so far, 84% have beaten their estimated earnings and 70% have bea...
January
04
2021
See our recap of December's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P 500 locked in an 18.40% return in 2020, an excellent feat in any year, and even more so in year during which the global economy shut down due to a ...
December
02
2020
See our recap of November's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P SmallCap 600 returned 18.17% in November, leading US stock asset classes in what was its best month of the year. The Energy sector increased by 28....
November
03
2020
See our recap of October's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers Small Cap Value stocks, the most beleaguered asset class in the US this year, led for the first time in October with a 3.63% return. US GDP grew at an annualize...
October
02
2020
See our recap of September's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers There are 32 days left before Election Day in the United States. The S&P 500 Energy sector declined by 14.51% in September, continuing a very difficult ye...
September
02
2020
See our recap of August's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P 500 gained 7.19% during August. It was the best August return since 1986. The NASDAQ Composite has gained 49.33% over the trailing 12 months. The ret...
August
04
2020
See our recap of July's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The S&P 500 tilted back into positive territory for 2020, with a year-to-date return through July of 2.38%. This index had fallen 34% from its peak by March 23...
July
02
2020
See our recap of June's key statistics and market commentary below. Noteworthy Numbers The 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio of the S&P 500, a measure of stock valuation, finished June at 21.42. The measure is at a level not seen since the...