Before the last January ’18, February ’18 plunge in the equity markets. the SP 500 peaked on January 26th, 2018 at 2,872 – 2,873. With Friday night’s close at 2,945, the total gain for the SP 500 (excluding dividends) is … Continued
The SP 500 closed within one point of September, 2018 all-time last Friday. You’d have to think “everyone” is watching what happens this week. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a pullback here since the SP 500 usually takes a … Continued
Sourcing Bloomberg / Barclays data, are the YTD returns for the bond market asset classes as of Friday, April 12th, 2019: US Corp HiGrade: +5.13% US Corp High Yld: +8.14% Mortgages (MBS): +1.89% Municipals: +2,67% US Treas: +1.32% US TIPS: … Continued
This weekly chart of the Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate (AGG) ETF, shows it bumping into formidable resistance at the 200-week moving average. For readers, 44% of the AGG is “Government” with 39% of the 44% Being Treasuries, 25% of the … Continued