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It was a relatively quiet week for markets and headlines.  Our PureVest Weekly Roundup reviewed a few critical stories from the past week.  The House narrowly passed President Trump’s tax bill; we look at what is inside this bill that is going to the Senate.  Home Depot reported solid growth and affirmed its 2025 guidance.  Trump threatens

Our PureVest Weekly Roundup looked at the headlines from President Trump’s visit to the Middle East.  Several companies came away with solid deals this week.  After a wild two months, the S&P 500 is now flat for the year after being down as much as 17%.  The most significant trade dispute de-escalated this week when the U.S. and China agreed

Markets posted a second consecutive week of strong gains. Our PureVest Weekly Roundup looked at April’s jobs report, which beat expectations.  Late Thursday night, China indicated that they “might” be open to trade talks with the Trump administration…shocker!  Big tech earnings were in focus this week.  META and MSFT had excellent reports; AMZN and AAPL had solid reports, but both stocks initially fell.  Warren Buffet’s annual

Our PureVest Weekly Roundup looked at the latest tariff news.  President Trump and Treasury Secretary Bessent said they have been in active trade talks with China, although China has denied this.  Consumer spending in April is off to a strong start.  On Friday, reports said Apple plans to shift more iPhone production to India and away from China.  Both

Our PureVest Weekly Roundup looked at  President Trump’s announcemnet to pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days as they try and negotiate new trade agreements.  In a surprise, inflation ticked down in March.  Earnings season kicked off today, with some of the major financial companies reporting solid earnings; their forward outlook was mixed.  Gas prices might not spike this summer as crude oil