Morning Commentary.
Headline news:
The U.S. markets are up sharply this morning on strong Chinese factory data, more progress on a trade deal. European markets posted their best daily gains since February while Asian markets were up over 1%. Also, the U.S markets posted their best quarterly gains in over a decade last Friday.
S&P 500:
The S&P 500 is now in the middle of the trading range of 2785.2-2860.3. We feel the index could potentially test the high of the range this week. We also feel that later this week the index can potentially make a new high for the year.
Economy:
The fourth quarter U.S. GDP was reported at 2.2% on 3/28/2019 which was lower than the previous quarter. Growth slowed down which could hurt the economic expansion in the first quarter of 2019. Economist are now projecting the growth rate to slow down to 1.5% for the year.
We are currently bullish.
John N. Lilly III
Accredited Portfolio Management Advisor℠
Accredited Asset Management Specialist℠
Portfolio Manager, R
Partner, Windsor Wealth
Windsor Wealth
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