Market Drama

Featuring Zoe CEO & Founder, Andres Garcia-Amaya, CFA

November 20, 2023 

Watch Time: 3 minutes

Welcome to this week’s Market Drama!

  • The Stock Market:
    • The S&P 500 was up 2.2% for the week. 
    • Nasdaq was up 2.4% for the week.
  • Oil fell another 1.6% for the week.
    • We are now at $75 a barrel.  
    • Lower oil prices acts as a deflationary pressure.
  • Economic Data – Stock rally attributes:
    • Core CPI data came out better than expected. 
      • Inflation came down.
      • Headline CPI fell from 3.7 to 3.2.
      • Core CPI fell from 4.1% to 4%. 
    • Retail sales did a little better than expected. 
      • Upward revision to prior month. 
    • Economy is slowing down a bit but there is no sign of a recession. 
    • Rally continues to be very narrow.

Stay tuned for next week and have a great Thanksgiving. 

– Andres

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