Building Wealth: Financial Markets and Long-Term Investments

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.

In this week's market highlight... Stock Market S&P 500 :  -1.2% Health Care :  -2.8% Bond market 10-Year Yield Curve:  +6.6% 20-Year  Yield Curve:  +5.2% 2-Year  Yield Curve: +1.4% Commodity market Corn : -10.5% (yearly down by  -26.8% ) Soybeans :  -15.3% (yearly down by  -13.2% ) Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices.

In this week's market highlight... Stock Market S&P 500 :  +2.3% Nasdaq :  +2.2% REIT :  +5.1% Bond market 10-Year Yield Curve:  +1.9% 2-Year  Yield Curve: +3.4% Commodity market Corn : -21.5% Wheat :  -11.8% Soybeans :  -10.2% Sugar :  -5.6% Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices.