Weekly Commentary | October 17, 2021

Macro Picture

The markets had a great week thanks to strong economic data and perhaps, some stalemate in Washington.  Equities built on last week's gains to finish the week less than 1% off of all-time highs (within 0.1% briefly intraday Friday).  The S&P 500 finished the week up 1.8% and is back over 20% YTD.  Every sector was up except Communication Se…