Over the longer term, the challenges we will face are outweighed by the opportunities.
Things to watch will be employment, consumer confidence and consumer spending.
The real takeaway from this week is that a terrible September may be behind us.
Despite a weak August and the possibility of a difficult September, conditions remain favorable overall.
July was a good month for stocks across the board. August may be more challenging.
Investors should see better economic performance in June now that the debt-ceiling crisis appears to be nearing an end.
After moderate gains in March, markets continued to rally in April.
Don't expect any real news from Chair Powell at the end of the regular meeting of the Fed today.
Overall, we can look for a small decline rather than a moderate one, and possibly even a gain, in earnings.
Economists anticipate this month's jobs report will signal continued reasonable growth rates.