Market Drama

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

June 11, 2024 

Watch Time: 2.5 minutes

    • Welcome to this week’s Market Drama!

Stock Market Updates:

  • S&P 500 was up 1.3%. Up 12.1%, hitting an intraday record high of 5,375 for the index on Friday and a record closing on Wednesday. 
  • Nasdaq is up even more, 2.4% for the week. Up 14% YTD.
  • Market is no longer pricing interest rate cuts until late fall to this winter. 
Economic Updates:
  • Labor market going from too hot to slowly deteriorating:
    • Average hourly earnings growth going up 4.1% YoY. The expectation was 3.9%.
    • If wage growth remains elevated, it is not a good sign for inflation. 
    • Payrolls better than expected: 272,000 versus 190,000 new jobs. 
    • Unemployment rate went up more than expected to 4%, and labor force participation decreased to 62.5%.  No need for huge concerns, 4% is below historical averages. 

Coming Up Next Week:

  • CPI inflation data for May.
    • Core CPI forecasted to go up 0.3% MoM. 
  • Fed’s FOMC meeting.
    • Expected to hold steady rates at 5¼ to 5½. 

Stay tuned for next week.

– Andres

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