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🥁 Growth relief rally. Strong week for high-growth names with a relief rally on strong #earnings. Bucking April’s overvalued mentality, last week saw a parade of strong beat and raises with investors getting bullish on growth again. Growth up +2% last week. 💪 Markets up on recovery progress. S&P 500 rose +1% last week. Investors cheered #COVIDRecovery progress across stressed Read More
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😳 Bitcoin falls -25%. #Crypto leader Bitcoin fell -25% in past week and -50% since April all-time high. New restrictions, more regulation and nervous investors all contributing. 👟 Risk appetite waning. Overall S&P 500 only slightly down less than -1% last week, but #Flight2Safety sector rotation continues－Growth down -2% while Value up +1%. 🎭 Streaming plot twist. AT&T announced deal with Read More
💸 April inflation at 13-year high. April 12-month inflation rate exceeded 4% hitting a 13-year high. Confirming #InflationFears, S&P 500 fell -2% Wednesday. However, recovered losses by weekend following Fed indicating multiple months of data needed before reducing monetary support.
💨👟 Value rotation. With bubble fears climbing (aided by rising meme stock and joke #Crypto interest), heavy #Flight2Safety to kick off May. Value stocks up +3% MTD while Growth down slightly so far. Overall S&P 500 finished up +1%. 😰 Rising #InflationFears. Treasury Sec Yellen briefly tanked markets Tuesday saying interest rates needed to rise ‘a little bit to make sure Read More
💪 Domestic pandemic recovery strong. As cases continue to rise globally, 🇺🇸 #COVIDRecovery momentum strong. #Earnings winners saw reopenings and increased spending drive beats. Even #RevengeTravel got a boost with Europe likely opening to vaccinated Americans in summer. 🤢 International pandemic recovery not so much. #COVID19 continues to surge internationally with new all-time case highs. Companies with large international exposure were #earnings losers often Read More