Farmer aid, breakthroughs in trade, and the earnings parade all combined to motivate investor buying in area stocks. And that buying lifted share prices, resulting in a full-week gain of 13.061 for our Quad City Times Key 15 to close at 2383.581. Among the best of the gains were Deere shares…
“Astounding optimism” launched the week for investors, but growing pains remained a part of the picture, too. Our Quad-City Times Key 15 was lifted by strong investor buying of area stocks on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, leading to a full week gain of 43.87 to 2398.831.
A look back and a look ahead, the dichotomy of investor focus, ruled stock markets last week. While investors could now put the first six months of 2018 in the rear-view mirror, a need to peer down the road was arguably even more important as investors prepare for corporate earnings reports …
International trade worries pressured stock averages, but Lee Enterprises’ star shined brightly.
Tit-for-tat tariff threats created investor caution last week. A full week of international trade tensions contributed heavily to a four-day market retreat, followed by a one-day recovery attempt. Pressure on area stock prices sent our Quad-City Times Key 15 downward by 28.70 to 2375.731 for…
Farm combine sales are climbing nicely in 2018. It’s good for Deere and Deere employees here at their East Moline Harvester Works, which makes combines. And it’s good for Deere investors, who responded positively Tuesday. For our Quad-City Times Key 15, which includes Deere, the full week sa…
Investors sold stocks off on Tuesday, quickly moved to re-accumulate them on Wednesday, and worked to finish the holiday-shortened week from there. Our Quad-City Times Key 15 declined 3.96 to close at 2387.83 for the four days affair. (1)
Investors sold stocks off on Tuesday, quickly moved to re-accumulate them on Wednesday, and worked to finish the holiday-shortened week from there. Our Quad-City Times Key 15 declined 3.96 to close at 2387.83 for the four days affair. (1)
Early excitement gave way to renewed caution by stock investors last week. Monday opened to reduced concern about US/China trade talks after weekend comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, resulting in something of a “relief rally” in stock prices.
Learning to live with higher interest rates was investors’ agenda last week. And, they did pretty well.
They’re back. Investors returned to bid stocks higher last week. After finding stock prices had been pressured downward to attractive levels in prior weeks, the buying began on Monday. And the full week delivered a 42.47 gain for our Quad-City Times Key 15 to close at 2345.47.
Could business be “too good” for investors? That strange suspicion was part of what kept stock markets under selling pressure for much of last week. For the full week, our Quad-City Times Key 15 gave up 26.19 to 2303.00, despite some Friday recovery.
Facts trumped fears last week. A week that began with investors wondering about the sustainability of today’s economic growth and business growth saw those fears fade on Thursday. Convincing economic reports and convincing corporate profit reports led, on that day, to convincing buying by in…
Markets that started the week strong ran into investor indecision as the week progressed. Stronger economic reports and stronger corporate earnings reports, on balance, provided some buying motivation. Import tariff negotiation concerns provided some investor pullback. By week’s end, our Qua…
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