Market Week: May 23, 2022
Equity markets have seen a volatile start to the year, with the S&P 500 down 19% from its early January peak.
Equity markets have seen a volatile start to the year, with the S&P 500 down 19% from its early January peak.
Last week, investors’ hopes for signs of cooling U.S. inflation were dashed as the April CPI report showed inflation still running hot.
In last week’s email on “….Boring is Beautiful: Part I,” we covered the railroad industry. This week we are covering well-run treasure hunt retailers.
Fast-growing digital and tech companies generated a lot of investor excitement over the past decade, not to mention an outsized share of market returns.
The U.S. economy contracted by an annualized 1.4% in 1Q, well short of consensus expectations for a 1.0% expansion.