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: 4.59%  (3.4%) 2-Year  Yield Curve: 5.03% (1.4%) 10-2 Year  Yield Spread: 44 Stock Market S&P 500 : 4,288  (0.7%)  &  RSI (35): 43.25 Nasdaq : 13,219  (0.1%) XLU (Utilities) : 6.9% XLP (Staples) : 1.9% XLF (Financial) : 1.5% Commodity market Natural Gas:  11.1% Copper : 1.9% Silver :  5.1% Wheat: 6.7% 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: 4.44%  (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 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.

In this week's market update... The Stock market experienced a downturn: S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined by -1.4% . The REIT sector was down by -3.9% . The Total International Stock Index was down by -3.4% . The Bond market had a mixed performance: The 10-Year bond recorded a decrease of -0.8% . The 2-Year bond saw a slight increase of +0.2% , resulting in a steeper yield curve of -0.97%  -- a level not seen since August 1981. The Commodity Index was down by -2.8% : Crude Oil prices experienced a significant drop of -3.2% . Watch for the 'Screaming Screeners' section to uncover hidden opportunities and make well-informed investment choices.