Heading into
the shortened holiday week the markets continue to look bullish.
Not exact matches
US stocks rose early on the second day of a
holiday -
shortened week and held onto those gains for the rest of the session.
Nervousness is dominant across asset classes, but especially bond markets and major currencies are in the center of attention, with equities struggling to gain footing following the most bearish two months in years, after the volatile
holiday -
shortened week.
U.S. markets were closed on Thursday due to the Thanksgiving
holiday, but equities finished the
shortened trading
week with strong gains.
With less than three
weeks to Black Friday and the «official» start of the
holiday shopping season, both major retailers and smaller eCommerce businesses are faced with the ever -
shortening lead times on
holiday shopping.
During the
holiday -
shortened week, the Fannie Mae (FNMA) 3.0 % 30 - year coupon finished -6 / 32, lifting conforming rates higher nationwide, a class of loans which includes HARP 2 mortgages and jumbo - conforming product.
A light economic calendar in a
holiday -
shortened week means investors will have little to chew on.
It will be a
holiday shortened week, long on news.
I hope you all had a great
holiday weekend and enjoy the rest of the
shortened week.
It is not unusual for trading volume to decrease during a
holiday -
shortened week.
Mortgage applications dipped during the
holiday -
shortened Labor Day
week.
With November Options Expiration behind and heading into the
shortened Thanksgiving
holiday week, equity markets look strong.
If history is any indicator, however, they won't be left unchallenged for too long and the field may ramp up rather quickly once this
holiday -
shortened first
week has passed.
All told, the S&P 500 squeezed out a 0.9 percent gain in the
holiday -
shortened week between May 26 and June 2.
In a
shortened week of trading because of the Good Friday
holiday, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index were either up or down 1 % every day (three days up and one day down).
Heading into the
holiday shortened President's
week the equity markets are looking strong.