The Week 14 of 2022 US Stock Market News Recap
Week 14 was another back and forth slugfest. After 3 weeks of losses The Stock Market Bear prevails with an outright 3-0 win.
By Larry C. Paxton
The US Stock Market Week 14 Summary:
The Stock Market Bull continued where left he off on Friday of Week 13 by taking Monday of Week 14. But The Stock Market Bear returned with a vengeance on Tuesday and Wednesday, taking an especially big bite out of the NASDAQ. The Stock Market Bull returned to the pasture on Thursday, didn’t really come close to closing the weekly gap, but did get the daily win. Friday was a mixed result in favor of The Stock Market Bear, who took both the NASDAQ and S&P500 while The Stock Market Bull focused on the DJIA. After a three week absence The Stock Market Bear picks up the 3-0 outright win in Week 14, and maintains a significant edge over the bewildered The Stock Market Bull.
US Stock Market Indices Summary |
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Week 14 of 2022 Ending 04/08/22 |
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| DJIA | NASDAQ | S&P500 | |
| Previous Year Close(12/31/21) | 36,338.30 | 15,644.97 | 4,766.18 |
| Previous Quarter Close(03/31/22) | 34,678.35 | 14,220.52 | 4,530.41 |
| Previous Month Close(03/31/22) | 34,678.35 | 14,220.52 | 4,530.41 |
| Record Close Date | 01/04/22 | 11/19/21 | 01/03/22 |
| Record Close | 36,799.65 | 16,057.44 | 4,796.56 |
| Week 13-Friday & Close(04/01/22) | 34,818.27 | 14,261.50 | 4,545.86 |
| Week 14-Monday(04/04/22) | 34,921.88 | 14,532.55 | 4,582.64 |
| Day Change | 103.61 | 271.05 | 36.78 |
| Day % Change | 0.30% | 1.90% | 0.81% |
| Week 14-Tuesday(04/05/22) | 34,641.18 | 14,204.17 | 4,525.12 |
| Day Change | (280.70) | (328.38) | (57.52) |
| Day % Change | -0.80% | -2.26% | -1.26% |
| Week 14-Wednesday(04/06/22) | 34,496.51 | 13,888.82 | 4,481.15 |
| Day Change | (144.67) | (315.35) | (43.97) |
| Day % Change | -0.42% | -2.22% | -0.97% |
| Week 14-Thursday(04/07/22) | 34,583.57 | 13,897.30 | 4,500.21 |
| Day Change | 87.06 | 8.48 | 19.06 |
| Day % Change | 0.25% | 0.06% | 0.43% |
| Week 14-Friday & Close(04/08/22) | 34,721.12 | 13,711.00 | 4,488.28 |
| Day Change | 137.55 | (186.30) | (11.93) |
| Day % Change | 0.40% | -1.34% | -0.27% |
| Change-Week | (97.15) | (550.50) | (57.58) |
| % Change-Week | -0.28% | -3.86% | -1.27% |
| Change-Month-to-Date | 42.77 | (509.52) | (42.13) |
| % Change-Month-to-Date | 0.12% | -3.58% | -0.93% |
| Change-Quarter-to-Date | 42.77 | (509.52) | (42.13) |
| % Change-Quarter-to-Date | 0.12% | -3.58% | -0.93% |
| Change-Year-to-Date | (1,617.18) | (1,933.97) | (277.90) |
| % Change-Year-to-Date | -4.45% | -12.36% | -5.83% |
| Change-Record | (2,078.53) | (2,346.44) | (308.28) |
| % Change-Record | -5.65% | -14.61% | -6.43% |
The Stock Market Bull and Bear Tallies 2022 YTD |
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| Week 14 Winner and Tally | Bear | 3-0 | Win |
| March Winner and Tally | Bull | 3-0 | Win |
| Weeks | Months | 2022 YTD | |
| The Stock Market Bull | 4 | 1 | |
| The Stock Market Bear | 8 | 2 | Winning |
| Mixed Result | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 14 | 3 | |
Influences/News:
- As Russian troops move away from the region of Ukraine‘s capital city of Kyiv it leaves behind the devastation of several villages and towns and clear violations of civilian human rights from the bodies left behind and from stories being told by survivors, further angering world opinion against the intruder. The US and European allies add more economic sanctions against Russia, its leaders and oligarchs, and continue to add funding and providing military equipment to Ukraine. The United Nations suspends Russia from its Human Rights Counsel. The US Senate votes 100-0 to end trade status with Russia and bans Russian oil imports.
- US President Biden extends the pause of student loan payments until the end of August.
- Ketanji Jackson Brown is confirmed by the US Senate in a 53-47 vote to become a Supreme Court Justice, the first black woman to achieve that role. She will succeed Stephen Breyer who is retiring this summer.
- In US economic news the Dept of Commerce says the February US Trade Deficit is at $89.2 billion, YTD(2 months) it is at $178.3 billion, in February 2021 the YTD deficit was at $132.8 billion; the US Federal Open Market Committee releases the minutes from its January meeting. Additional public comments by Federal Reserve leaders indicate that short term federal funds interest rates could be increased in the next meetings by 0.50%, and there is going to be a phase in of a $95 billion/month reduction in the balance sheet, both actions to help lower inflation which is much higher and lasting longer than anticipated; the Federal Reserve says Consumer Credit Outstanding jumped +11.3% in February over January; the Dept of Commerce says February Wholesale Trade was at $675.7 billion, +1.7% over January, +25.5% over February 2021.
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