Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending February 27, 2026 Markets closed the week with measured gains across major equity ETFs, even as geopolitical tensions escalated and volatility expectations rose sharply. Broad-based funds such as QQQM (+0.97%), SPYM (+0.59%), and VB (+0.94%) advanced modestly, while sector performance was more pronounced in Communication Services (XLC +2.33%) and … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending February 13, 2026 Volatility continues to define the early weeks of 2026, with markets swinging back and forth in short one-to-two day cycles. While headline indexes have struggled to establish sustained momentum, sector rotation remains active beneath the surface. Investors are increasingly reallocating capital away from extended mega-cap growth … Read more
After hearing for five years about the valuation bubbles that would cause QQQ and SPY to suffer imminent crashes, net cash flows from major institutions are starting to agree. Themes of rotation out of large cap US growth stocks and into small cap and/or value stocks and/or international stocks continue to dominate market commentary. The … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending February 06, 2026 Market action last week depended heavily on where investors chose to look. Beneath largely unchanged headline index levels, sharp rotations continued across style, size, and geography. Value stocks outperformed growth by a wide margin, while large-cap technology names increasingly served as sources of funds for smaller-cap, … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending January 30, 2026 Equity markets finished the week with a mixed tone as leadership continued to rotate across sectors and styles. While large-cap growth and technology-oriented exposures showed modest weakness, select income and defensive segments posted gains, underscoring an environment driven more by rotation than broad market momentum. Energy … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending January 23, 2026 Geopolitical uncertainty once again took center stage last week, reshaping global capital flows and reinforcing diversification themes that have been quietly building since late 2025. Concerns around trade tensions, tariff threats, and broader geopolitical friction triggered renewed discussion of a potential “Sell America” trade, pushing investors … Read more
Typically, the first full blog of the year reviews returns of benchmark index ETFs and opines on what prevailed in the past year through five years, then provides analysis that could provide insights into the future for US equities and other asset classes. This year is no different in that respect. Financial Advisory Services based … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending January 16, 2026 U.S. equity markets have begun 2026 with relatively muted index-level performance, but beneath the surface, leadership dynamics continue to evolve meaningfully. The early days of the year are reinforcing the rotation trends that emerged late in 2025, as investors increasingly favor smaller-capitalization stocks, value-oriented strategies, and … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending December 05, 2025 Market sentiment steadied this week as major ETFs posted measured, broad-based gains following the volatility of November. Technology again led the advance, with QQQM up 1.34%, while cyclical sectors such as Industrials (XLI) and Technology (XLK) outperformed with strong weekly moves. Defensive pockets, particularly Utilities (XLU) … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending November 14, 2025 The past week saw a clear defensive tilt across major ETFs, with only a handful of pockets showing resilience. Utilities, consumer staples, and select dividend strategies managed modest gains, while growth-heavy benchmarks such as QQQM and technology-sector ETFs slipped more than 2%. At the individual-stock level, … Read more