Schwab Market Update Audio

March 28, 2019 U.S. stocks rebounded slightly from yesterday's dip with choppy market action continuing as reports suggested progress in U.S.-China talks, earnings reports were mostly upbeat and the drop in Treasury yields paused.

March 27, 2019 U.S. stocks mostly gave back yesterday's rebound as the persistent pressure on global bond yields and the ensuing inversion of a key portion of the U.S. Treasury yield curve kept market uneasiness festering, along with more disappointing Chinese economic data.

March 26, 2019 U.S. stocks finished well off of the best levels of the day but remained in positive territory amid a pause in the drop in Treasury yields that has led to an inversion of a key portion of the curve and been a major source of market uneasiness.

March 25, 2019 U.S. stocks finished mixed in choppy trading following late last week's slide with the markets appearing to remain jittery amid festering global growth concerns and uneasiness toward inversion on the U.S. Treasury yield curve.

March 22, 2019 The U.S. equity markets closed out the week with solid losses, as global growth concerns, on the heels of disappointing European economic data, and trade worries pressured sentiment.

March 21, 2019 U.S. equities were higher amid a host of items for investors to digest, including yesterday's Fed meeting and its more dovish tilt, as well as some upbeat economic reports.

March 20, 2019The Fed surprised the market by dialing back its outlook for rate increases for the rest of the year following the conclusion of its monetary policy meeting, with the markets jumping off their lows to finish mixed, as pressure on financials accelerated following the decision.

March 19, 2019 U.S. equities reversed course in late-day trading to finish mixed, bringing an end to a recent string of gains, as caution appeared to set in ahead of tomorrow's monetary policy decision from the Federal Reserve.

March 18, 2019 U.S. equities finished with modest gains after a choppy session that brought the major indexes in and out of negative territory.

March 15, 2019 U.S. stocks were higher, finishing the week solidly to the upside, with reports of progress from the Chinese state media on the U.S./China trade front appearing to buoy the markets, along with eased Brexit concerns, positive earnings reports from Broadcom and favorable jobs and consumer sentiment data.

March 14, 2019 U.S. equities finished mixed and very near the flat line in very choppy trading, as investors mulled a host of news and events, including another dose of disappointing Chinese economic data, a fall in domestic new home sales, and continued Brexit uncertainty.

March 13, 2019 U.S. equities finished in the green, continuing to grind higher after suffering the worst week for 2019, as stronger-than-expected reads on durable goods orders and construction spending lifted sentiment, and wholesale price inflation came in a bit cooler than expected.

March 12, 2019U.S. stocks finished mostly to the upside, with tech issues continuing to rally this week, after shares rose yesterday on accompanying retail sales data, while today's inflation reading was muted.

January 31, 2019 After yesterday's rally, U.S. equities finished mixed, as lackluster reports from Dow members DowDuPont and Microsoft were a drag on the blue chip index, while gains in the communications services sector gave the Nasdaq a solid boost.

January 30, 2019 U.S. stocks rose, buoyed by results from Dow members Boeing and Apple that headlined a mostly upbeat earnings front, while the markets closely scrutinized Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's press conference that followed a highly-expected unchanged monetary policy decision.