US Capital Markets Review 2/23/18

in stocks •  7 years ago 

This week saw the major indices posting slight gains, as the shortened trading week saw less volatility overall compared to the last few weeks. The NASDAQ was the big winner again, posting a gain of 1.35% and put the index at 6.3% for 2018.

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In economic news, we await the release of the latest round of fed minutes, which are expected to give a hint as to the potential for an additional interest rate increase in 2018 (potentially 4 vs consensus estimate of 3). The initial jobless claims fell more than expected and existing home sales came in behind expectations - no news was too significant though.

The political arena was largely quiet on the economic front, though gun control is again at the forefront of the news, causing some concern in firearm and munitions manufacturing.

The cryptocurrency space was a bit of a rollercoaster as well, with Bitcoin and other coins advancing early in the week (Bitcoin hit 12k at one point), but retreating and giving back most of the gains later in the week.

One of the stocks I like, Walmart, was down 10% on the week after a significant recent climb on concerns of slowing growth and lower than expected online sales results.

Overall, it was a good week and I remain fully invested.

Good luck,
Brian

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Thanks u so much for sharing this information ,,, really u r wonderfull person ,,, good luck my dear friend @brian.rrr 👍👍👍

good job! watch gold and silver soon..time to accumulate

I follow his advice, but invest me only a little later if there is money I add more, thank you brother.

Thank u soo much again for this good information
I hope u will giv always this good post
Thank you sir

The Crypto market has had some smooth positive growth. Slow gains each day. I listened to a podcast today where the speaker was talking about the gains and forecasting we could be at the Trillion dollar market cap within the next 60 days. As much as that would be amazing I think it would be the climb before another big fall. have a nice day

hopefully and continue to increase so you can see more profits.
@calitoo

US Capital Markets this is a good tropic of ur post.i don,t know cryptocurrency,bitcoin update matter.because i am new joined to steemit some days ago.so,i have no idea this important matter properly.i read your post i am to know this valuable matter update information.thank u for your good thought of us markets updates.good job sir.. @brian.rrr

Bitcoin is below 10k again..
I thought that it would continue its rise now..
This sucks

Thanks for this great informative publication. I do not understand very well this market with depth but if it is a bit. regards


shangai looking strong today

excellent friend @brian.rrr publication, very informative, personally I had no knowledge on this subject and good I am glad that allas published this, because so I am already aware of what is happening with the coins, I thank you for informing us about this. And that means that bitcoin is the currency that is most advanced now and is worth more?

Hello friend I understand very little about this topic but post how they teach me, thank you, greetings from venezuela!

a very nice post thanks for sharing my best wishes always @brian.rrr

Bitcoin does had a good week tho but last day fall just made it a little upset but nevertheless high hope again...Let it stay above 10k..We all will be okay :)

Loved the amazing information. Thank you so much for revealing great news which is very useful. @brian.rrr

how is the market today?
whether up or down?

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