American stock indexes keep breaking new record highs as long holidays approach
As a reminder, U.S. stock markets were closed on Monday for Independence Day. Meanwhile, there was a good reason for optimism in the market as unemployment data turned out to be not so good.
The key American stock indexes were growing on Friday except for Nasdaq hovering around zero
However, banks (Federal Reserve released results of stress tests) and real economy (approval of Biden’s infrastructure plan) were in focus rather than technologies.
American stock markets were recovering from the last week’s losses
Continuing verbal interventions by policymakers and major investors had calmed the market down regarding prospects of stimulus wrapping up by Federal Reserve. For how long?
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