June 14, 2021 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
As of the close on Monday, June 4, the major stock indexes were treading water waiting to here what, if anything, the Federal Reserve might say after the Wednesday meeting of its interest-rate-setting body, the Open Market Committee. (No one really expects the Fed to actually do anything about the monthly schedule for bond purchases or about changing the benchmark interest rate now set at 0% to 0.25%.) The Standard & Poor’s 500 was up 0.18% but the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 0.25%. The NASDAQ Composite was up 0.74% but the small cap Russell 2000 was lower by 0.54%.
September 13, 2020 | Daily JAM |
...nothing of consequence from the Federal Reserve when it ends its September meeting on Wednesday, September 16. At least that's the market consensus right now. Which means that if the Fed makes adds a statement on inflation, or interest rates, or about the economy,...
March 13, 2020 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
The Standard & Poor's 500 was up 4.66% at 1:53 p.m. New York time after opening up more than 5%. Since 1:53 level, however, the index has been gradually fading. As of 3 p.m. the gain for the day was down to 3.36%. The bounce this morning was very strong from...
October 26, 2019 | Daily JAM |
... that news on a U.S.-China trade agreement will still be a big mover from stocks, but it will have to share top-of-mind space this week with the Wednesday, October 30, meeting of the Federal Reserve's interest rate setting body, the Open Market Committee. As far as...