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The DJIA ended the day and month down 135 points while Nasdaq was down 82, the S&P 500 fell 26 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .06 to 3.64%. Lodging stocks were mixed again. SOND was up 11%, SLNA was up 6% and everyone else seemed to be up or down 1% to 2%. Piper Sandler cut their price target on Sotherly Hotels to […]

The DJIA rose 547 points on Friday while Nasdaq was up 269, the S&P 500 rose 75 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .10 to 3.45%. Lodging stocks were higher. VCSA was up 12% while SOND was up 10% but both of them rose less than a dime per share. On the earnings side, RLJ’s reaction was positive, up 5%, while […]

The DJIA rose 66 points while Nasdaq was down 35, the S&P 500 rose 4 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .06 to 3.52%. Lodging stocks were mixed to modestly higher. The lack of volatility in the overall market the past week, even as we get into earnings season, is a bit disturbing. According to the latest STR U.S. bubble chart update, […]

The DJIA ended Friday with a gain of 22 points while Nasdaq was up 13, the S&P 500 rose 4 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .03 to 3.57%. Lodging stocks were lower with AINC and VCSA both hitting new lows. SOND was the big percentage gainer, up 8% but that was not even a gain of $0.04 in share price. […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates by a quarter of a point and the financial markets rallied. Then Fed Chief Jerome Powell held his press conference and the DJIA ended the day down 530 points, Nasdaq was down 190, the S&P 500 fell 66 points but the 10-year treasury yield was down .11 to 3.50%. We can’t tell if the markets genuinely hate […]

The DJIA ended Friday down 345 points although individual stocks seemed to be down a lot more than the major ones in the indexes. Nasdaq fell 199, the S&P 500was down 57 points and investors surged into treasuries as a safe haven, dropping the yield on the 10-year by .23 to 3.70%. Lodging stocks were lower with the exception of MCG which […]

The DJIA ended Friday with a gain of 77 points, while Nasdaq was down 63, the S&P 500 fell 7 points, and the 10-year treasury yield was up .16 at 2.84% on the strong jobs report. Lodging stocks were modestly lower, although the two big gainers were to the upside. SVC surged 10% on their earnings report. The vast majority of lodging company […]