Ongoing fears that Russia will invade Ukraine continued to drive markets lower on Friday. Add to this ongoing concerns that the U.S. Fed will soon hike interest rates. The S&P closed -0.72% (down 1.5% for the week), the Nasdaq -1.23% and the Dow -0.68%.<\/p>\n
Among the few gainers were Ford<\/a> up 2.85%, Dollar Tree<\/a> 5.22% and Cisco<\/a> at 2.58%. Notable laggards included Adobe<\/a> at -3.31%, Intuit<\/a> -3.02%, Deere<\/a> -3% and Nvidia<\/a> -3.53%. Even though tech took a drubbing, the U.S. 10-year yield also declined, slipping to 1.918%. Cryptos didn’t fare better as Bitcoin<\/a> slid 2.44% below $40,000.<\/p>\n The TSX closed -0.81% for the day and -1.7% for the week to stay barely above 21,000. Every sector closed in the red, especially consumer staples, energy and materials. Among the few gainers were airlines Air Canada<\/a>, up 3.13% and Chorus Aviation<\/a> by 2.76%, as well as Pizza Pizza<\/a> delivering a 5.46% gain and Yamana Gold<\/a> at 2.12%. Losing ground were Bombardier<\/a> at -4.14%, Tamarack Valley Energy<\/a> -3.88%, Baytex<\/a> -3.97% and Crescent Point Energy<\/a> -3.74%. Even crude oil didn’t escape the bearish sell-off: WTI slipped 0.21% to trade around $91.60 and WCS lost a more modest 0.14% to $77.36. Investors will keep an eye on the Russian-Ukraine border this long weekend.<\/p>\n 🚛 Ford Motor (F-N)<\/a> +2.85% Ongoing fears that Russia will invade Ukraine continued to drive markets lower on Friday. Add to this ongoing concerns that the U.S. Fed will soon hike interest rates. The S&P closed -0.72% (down 1.5% for the week), the Nasdaq -1.23% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":174836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No","cwp_rev_product_name":"","cwp_rev_product_image":"","wppr_links":[],"cwp_rev_price":"","wppr_options":[],"wppr_pros":[],"wppr_cons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily"],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n🌲 Dollar Tree (DLTR-Q)<\/a> +5.22%
\n📡 Cisco (CSCO-Q)<\/a> +2.58%
\n💾 Adobe Systems (ADBE-Q)<\/a> -3.31%
\n💿 Intuit Inc. (INTU-Q)<\/a> -3.02%
\n🦌 Deere & Co. (DE-N)<\/a> -3%
\n💾 Nvidia Corp (NVDA-Q)<\/a> -3.53%
\n🅱 Bitcoin (BTCUSD) (CRYPTO:BTC)<\/a> -2.44%
\n🛫 Air Canada (AC-T)<\/a> +3.13%
\n✈ Chorus Aviation Inc (CHR-T)<\/a> +2.76%
\n🍕 Pizza Pizza Royalty (PZA-T)<\/a> +5.46%
\n🥇 Yamana Gold Inc. (YRI-T)<\/a> +2.12%
\n🚂 Bombardier Inc (B) (BBD.B-T)<\/a> -4.14%
\n🛢 Tamarack Valley Energy (TVE-T)<\/a> -3.88%
\n🛢 Baytex Energy Corp (BTE-T)<\/a> -3.97%
\n🛢 Crescent Point Energy Corp (CPG-T)<\/a> -3.74%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"