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Risk Off In Last Week's Performance Derby

Ed Yardeni Ed Yardeni · · 1 min read
Risk Off In Last Week's Performance Derby

The S&P 500 went nowhere fast last week, dropping 0.7% to 3965, putting it in between its 200-day moving average of 4053 and its 50-dma of 3790 (chart and table). Hanging over the market is that investors seem to be hanging on to every word of the participants of the FOMC (a.k.a., the "Federal Open Mouth Committee"). The economy is doing relatively well, but that's not good news if it means much more Fed tightening may be necessary to bring inflation down.

Ed Yardeni
Ed Yardeni

Dr Ed Yardeni is the President of Yardeni Research, Inc., a provider of global investment strategies and asset-allocation analyses and recommendations.