“While the stock market is telling us something different than oil and Treasury markets, the S&P 500’s new all-time high essentially indicates that the consumer can withstand higher energy prices”

by Marketing | Apr 16, 2026 | Market Notes, Media Notes

Markets News, April 15, 2026: S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Records as Investors Downplay Iran War; Dow Slips

“Overall, it was a well-rounded beat and I’d expect wealth management flows to be strong in the future”

by Marketing | Apr 15, 2026 | Market Notes, Media Notes

Morgan Stanley’s profit beats estimates on record trading revenue, dealmaking boost

“I don’t think higher energy prices from the Middle East conflict will degrade earnings due to increased input costs”

by Marketing | Apr 8, 2026 | Market Notes, Media Notes

A great earnings season is likely around the corner. Will it matter to the market?

“For every week this goes on, oil prices find a higher floor and at some point, energy prices that are too high will impact the economy”

by Marketing | Apr 6, 2026 | Market Notes, Media Notes

Investors are growing concerned about Trump’s new ‘two- to three-week’ timeline on Iran

“Investors have just been accustomed to kind of this new anomaly that markets tend to do poorly on Thursday [and] Fridays, and tend to do well Monday [and] Tuesday”

by Marketing | Mar 31, 2026 | Market Notes, Media Notes

S&P 500 closes lower Monday as oil prices continue their climb: Live updates

“Expectations for higher rates are due to the spike in oil prices; it’s also due to people buying actual fed-funds as a cheap hedge in case the Fed has to hike”

by Marketing | Mar 20, 2026 | Market Notes, Media Notes

Stocks, bonds struggle as traders now see chances of Fed rate hike at over 50% — up sharply from earlier this week