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That Was Quite A Week | Weekly Market Commentary | April 29, 2024
Stocks passed the test, with the S&P 500 up 2.7% for the week, recapturing most of the prior week’s losses despite a mixed GDP report and a double digit decline in shares of social media giant Meta (META) on April 25, after its results. Here we recap the week’s events and check in on sentiment.
Continued Growth in Q1
The economy continued to grow in the first quarter at what we estimate is a 2.6% annual rate. That’s a slowdown from the 3.1% rate in 2023, but still good compared to the past couple of decades when the average growth rate has been 2.0%. However, we think a chunk of...
The Ever-Changing Market Narrative | Weekly Market Commentary | April 22, 2024
Volatility has come back into the market as the narrative shifted toward a higher-for longer monetary policy backdrop.
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