Equity markets
Equity markets took a pause last week after the very good performance the week prior. Most indexes stayed pretty much flat to slightly down for the week.
S&P 500
S&P 500 lost 0.5%, taking a pause from big gains from the week prior and consolidating
NASDAQ
Technology stocks lost little over 1% in the week for a month to data loss of 0.8%
DOW Jones
Literally no change in DOW for the week. It lost 0.7% month to date
Russell
Small cap stocks lost ~2% for the week
Bond markets
## [1] "DGS3MO" "DGS6MO" "DFF" "DGS1" "DGS2" "DGS5" "DGS7" "DGS10"
## [9] "DGS30"
Interest rates
Longer term interest rates for treasuries are trending down while shorter term rates are staying flat to slightly down for the year.
Yeild Curve
Yield curve continues to slope negatively (inverted). At the higher end, it appears that it is starting to slope positively or flat but at the lower end, it still slopes significantly negative
