Nowhere To Go But Up
A Friday rally moderated the losses, but the large-cap benchmarks and Nasdaq Composite index recorded their biggest weekly drops since February and rounded out the worst monthly declines since the […]
A Friday rally moderated the losses, but the large-cap benchmarks and Nasdaq Composite index recorded their biggest weekly drops since February and rounded out the worst monthly declines since the […]
The major benchmarks overcame an early sell-off last week, to end flat to modestly higher. On Monday, the S&P 500 Index recorded it biggest daily drop since May 12 and […]
The small-cap Russell 2000 Index managed a small gain, but most of the major equity indexes ended last week modestly lower. Investors weighed some encouraging economic data against worries about […]
The major indexes retreated over the Labor Day-shortened trading week. The small real estate sector led the declines in the S&P 500 Index, as longer-term interest rates increased. Meanwhile, consumer […]
The major indexes ended the week mixed after the S&P Mid-cap 400 Index joined the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes in reaching new intraday highs on Thursday. The real […]
The biggest news of last week came when, at “long last,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Despite the relatively fast pace with […]
Stocks pulled back for the week, but not before the S&P 500 Index reached a new record high of 4,480 on Monday afternoon, more than double its intraday low of […]
Despite the COVID Delta variant and the handling of its surge dominating much of the news, U.S. equities still gained ground last week. Amongst the myriad of “winners” last week, […]
There are always surprises in the Olympics, and this year is no different. Among the surprises, Bobby Finke, U.S. Olympic swim team member with no previous international success, showed a […]
Sometimes it seems like we are on a merry-go-round. As the music plays and the carousel turns, we may look for something different around the next turn, but, inevitably, we […]