Week Ending 4/7/2023

MARKET RECAP

  • S&P 500 -0.1% for the week
  • Most of the advance this year is due to the largest 20 stocks in the S&P 500.
  • The equity risk premium, currently 1.59%, is the lowest since October of 2007.
  • CAPE is at 29, in the 90th percentile.
  • OPEC announced a surprise cut in oil production; energy moved up in price.
  • US bank lending fell in the last two weeks of March by the most on record.

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