Saturday, 14 December 2024

Weekend update - US equity indexes

It was a mostly bearish week for US equity indexes, with net weekly changes ranging from -2.4% (R2K), -1.9% (NYSE comp'), -1.8% (Dow), -1.0% (Trans), -0.6% (SPX), to +0.3% (Nasdaq comp').

Lets take our regular look at six of the main US indexes

sp'500

Nasdaq comp'

Dow

R2K

NYSE comp'

Trans

Summary

Five US equity indexes were net lower for the week, with one net higher.

The R2K was very significantly lower, whilst the Nasdaq comp' was moderately higher.

The Nasdaq comp' broke a new hist' high.

Looking ahead

Earnings:

M - $RCAT $MAMA $CMP $QIPT $MITK $RICK

T - $AMTM $REE $HEI

W - $GIS $ABM $BIRK $TTD $JBL $OGI $MU $LEN $MLKN $WS $SCS $EPAC

T - $ACN $DRI $CTAS $PAYX $CAG $KMX $LW $FCEL $NKE $FDX $BB $AVO $SCHL

F - $CCL $WGO

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Econ-data/events

M - Empire State Manu', PMI serv' & manu'

T - Retail sales, indust' prod', home builder conf'

W - Housing starts, building permits, EIA Pet'

*FOMC announcement (2pm), with a press conf' (2.30pm)

T - Weekly jobs, Q3 GDP (print'3) , existing home sales, leading indicators

F - Pers' income/outlays, PCE, consumer sent', *QUAD-OPEX*

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One week until winter solstice
 

Final note

We've just 10.5 trading days left of 2024, and I'll leave it at that.


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Have a good weekend
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