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Category Archives: Stock Market
Market Sentiment
I believe this Burton Cummings video probably represents how most investors are feeling about the stock market right now – But, don’t let all the negative market sentiment get you down and cause you to bail at the wrong time. While Burton may say that he’s scared, he loves the stock market. Consider his long-term [...]
SEC Regulatory Reform
Although there’s been plenty of speculation for the cause of last Thursday’s sudden (and significant) market collapse, it doesn’t seem as though anyone can pinpoint an exact reason. It was so unusual for the markets to react in such a way that even the SEC reported that they were going investigate. But, that’s wasn’t good [...]
Weekly Wrap
Phrase of the week – never underestimate the power of greed and fear. These two emotions can cause markets to turn on a dime. Image Source: Gary Varvel Just how quickly can markets turn? For the week, the Dow lost 5.7%, the Nasdaq lost 7.9%, and the S&P 500 lost 6.4%. In just two weeks [...]
Rough Day For Dow Jones
The stock market had one of its most turbulent days in history as the Dow Jones industrials fell to a loss of almost 1,000 points in less than half an hour, possibly caused by preprogrammed computerized trading processes. The Dow fell 998.50 points in its largest point drop ever, eclipsing the 780.87 it lost during [...]
Weekly Wrap
Another volatile week in the markets. I won’t go over the specific details, but the stock markets ended in the positive for the week. Dow +2.3%, Nasdaq +3.6%, S&P 500 +2.2%, and Russell 2000 +6.3% I’ve included the Russell 2000 small cap index this week because not only is it up 6.3% for the week, [...]