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The DJIA fell 200 points while Nasdaq was down 11, the S&P 500 fell 9 points and the 10-year treasury yield was nearly flat at 3.69%. Lodging stocks were lower despite what seemed like optimism from the NYU show. SOND was down -10% and SHCO was down -6% to top the big movers. Marriott International, Inc. plans to further expand in the affordable midscale […]

The DJIA ended Friday down 109 points while Nasdaq was down 31, the S&P 500fell 6 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .04 to 3.69%. Lodging stocks were modestly lower. SOND was down -14% after rising in the past week on heavy insider buying. SLNA traded down -8% to another all-time low. STR reported US RevPAR for the week ended May 13 […]

The DJIA was added 0.1% while Nasdaq slid less than 0.1%, the S&P 500 added 0.1% compared with Friday and the 10-year treasury yield ended at 3.414%, up slightly from Friday. Lodging stocks were mostly higher, including even ABNB getting a modest boost. SOND remained near its low. NewcrestImage has plans to acquire more than 100 hotels this year, reported CoStar. So far in 2023, […]

The DJIA rose 7 points but Nasdaq surged 232, the S&P 500 was up 43 points and the 10-year treasury yield plunged .13 to 3.40%. This was all on the Fed giving Wall Street what they wanted with only a .25 interest rate hike and more dovish comments. Lodging stocks were higher. MCG led the group with a 12% rise while VCSA ended […]

The DJIA rose 186 points while Nasdaq was up 107, the S&P 500 rose 27 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .10 to 3.62%. Lodging stocks were higher. MCG was the big winner, up 11% while AHT rose another 8%. SLNA fell -6% on the day. JP Morgan gave their 2023 lodging outlook presentation, saying they see the REITs as relative underperformers […]

The DJIA fell 350 points, Nasdaq was down 154, the S&P 500 fell 45 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .01 to 3.72%. Lodging stocks were lower. SLNA was one of the few bright spots, up 10%. MCG was down -13%, SOND and AHT both fell -6% and BHR was down -5% on the day. Mizuho cut their price target on Airbnb to $110 […]

Let’s go backwards to give you an overview of today’s market. The 10-year treasury yield plunged 0.32 to 3.83%. That is a nearly 8% drop in the yield on a modestly better CPI report. Back to the regularly scheduled program, the DJIA surged 1,201 points, Nasdaq was up 761, and the S&P 500 rose 208 points. People will look at this and wonder […]

The DJIA surged 829 points on Friday while Nasdaq was up 310, the S&P 500 rose 94 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .07 to 4.01%. While lodging stocks were higher, the action in Selina on Friday was just as ridiculous as on Thursday but in the other direction. SLNA plunged -63% on Friday after Thursday’s moonshot on its first day of trading. […]

The DJIA fell another 0.6% on Tuesday, Nasdaq was down 0.1%, the S&P 500 fell 0.5% and the 10-year treasury yield rose to 3.963%, its peak since 2010. Truist reported on a conference call it held with corporate travel data company Tripbam. Takeaways included that any indications of a recession have not yet shown up in business travel bookings and pricing data. Tripbam believes 15% of […]