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Tech stocks outperformed, helped by Apple. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 26/03/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664296191826) US stocks moved higher for the week, ending a two-week losing streak and reclaiming much of the ground lost over the past month. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 19/03/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664296469878) US stocks moved lower over another week of extreme volatility on the back of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 12/03/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664296660277) It was another volatile week with US stocks ending lower as investors continued to weigh developments in the Russia-Ukraine war. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 05/03/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664296785003) The major US equity indexes closed mostly higher after a week of historic volatility sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 26/02/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664296922555) US equity large-cap indexes suffered their 2nd consecutive week of declines as high inflation and worries over a Russian invasion of Ukraine weighed on sentiment. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 19/02/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664365991356) It was another volatile week for risk assets. US large-cap equity indexes ended the week lower with the Nasdaq faring worse. Healthy earnings growth was offset by fears over monetary tightening. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 12/02/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664366158768) Equity markets remained volatile but recorded overall gains for the second consecutive week. It was one of the busiest weeks of the Q4 earnings reporting season, with 112 companies in the S&P 500 Index scheduled to report results. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 05/02/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664366320834) Late gains helped the US main stock benchmarks to close in positive territory for the week after they briefly hit correction territory (down more than 10% from recent highs). The small-cap Russell 2000 Index lagged and ended the week down nearly 20% from its November peak, leaving it just outside of a bear market. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 29/01/2022 [Global Markets Outlook](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook) #### [Click here to read our #globalmarkets weekly wrap-up](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/click-here-to-read-our-globalmarkets-weekly-wrap-up-1664367604509) Rising interest rate fears and growth worries pushed the S&P 500 Index to its biggest decline since October 2020. US small caps and the Nasdaq declined the most. **[Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau)** | 22/01/2022 [❮](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook/page/23) [21](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook/page/21) [22](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook/page/22) [23](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook/page/23) [24](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook/page/24) [25](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook/page/25) [❯](https://blog.syzgroup.com/fast-food-for-thought/tag/global-markets-outlook/page/25) ## Straight from the Desk # Syz the moment Live feeds, charts, breaking stories, all day long. 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