Building Wealth: Financial Markets and Long-Term Investments

In this week's market highlight... Bond market Fed Funds Rate Upper Limit: 5.50% 10-Year  Yield Curve: 4.44%  (2.5%) 2-Year  Yield Curve: 5.10% (1.6%) 10-2 Year  Yield Spread: 64 Stock Market S&P 500 : 4,320  (2.9%)  &  RSI (35): 44 Nasdaq : 13,211  (3.6%) XLY (Consumer Disc.) : 6.2% XLRE (Real Estate) : 5.3% XLB (Material) : 3.6% Commodity market Silver:  3.0% Sugar : 1.5% Soybeans :  3.4% Wheat:  4.1% Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices. ** Past week I have been busy and did not get chance to publish a post **

In this week's market highlight... Bond market Fed Funds Rate Upper Limit: 5.50% 10-Year  Yield Curve: 4.26%  (1.9%) 2-Year  Yield Curve: 4.98% (2.3%) 10-2 Year  Yield Spread: 72 Stock Market S&P 500 : 4,457  (1.3%) Nasdaq : 13,761  (1.9%) XLE (Energy) :  1.4% XLB (Materials) :  2.4% XLI (Industrial) : 2.9% Commodity market Wheat: 4.9% Corn : 3.9% Silver :  4.3% Natural Gas:  5.3% Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices. ** Past week I have been busy and did not get chance to publish a post **

In this week's market highlight... Bond market Fed Funds Rate Upper Limit: 5.50% 10-Year  Yield Curve: 4.25% (0.2%) 2-Year  Yield Curve: 5.03% (2.2%) 10-2 Year  Yield Spread: 78 Stock Market S&P 500 : 4,405  (0.8%) Nasdaq : 13,590  (2.3%) XLK (Technology) :  2.3% XLE (Energy) :  1.4% Commodity market Silver:  7.0% Sugar : 4.8% Gold : 3.0% Crude Oil:  1.5% Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices. ** Past 3 weeks I have been traveling and did not get chance to publish a post **

In this week's market highlight... Bond market Fed Funds Rate Upper Limit: 5.50%  (+25 bps) 10-Year  Yield Curve: 3.96% (+3.1%) 2-Year  Yield Curve: 4.87% (+1.0%) 10-2 Year  Yield Spread: -91 Stock Market S&P 500 : 4,582  (+1.0%) Nasdaq : 14,316  (+2.0%) XLC (Communication Services) :  +5.0% XLU (Utilities) :  -2.1% Commodity market Crude Oil:  +4.7% Copper :  +3.4% Soybeans :  -7.7% Sugar :  -4.4% Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices.

In this week's market highlight... Bond market 10-Year  Yield Curve: 3.84% (+0.3%) 2-Year  Yield Curve: 4.82% (+1.7%) 10-2 Year  Yield Spread: -98 Stock Market S&P 500 : 4,536 (+0.7%) Nasdaq : 14,033  (-0.6%) XLY (Consumer Discretionary) :  +3.5% XLC (Communication Services) :  -2.4% Commodity market Wheat:  +8.6% Natural Gas :  +7.3% (bouncing from 52-week low) Soybeans :  -6.3% Corn :  -10.5% Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices.

In this week's market highlight... Bond market 10-Year  Yield Curve: 3.83% (-5.7%) 2-Year  Yield Curve: 4.74%  (-4.0%) 10-2 Year  Yield Spread: -91 Stock Market S&P 500 :  +2.4% Nasdaq :  +3.3% XLY (Consumer Discretionary) :  +3.3% Commodity market Silver:  +9.0% Copper :  +4.2% Soybeans :  -7.6% Corn :  -8.3% Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices.