Capping a highly volatile week in the stock markets this past Friday, the continuing streak of gains in the big three market indices for this past two months came to an end.. convincingly. The Dow ended the week with a loss of 1.7%, the Nasdaq lost 2.7%, and the S&P 500 lost 2.5%. But, is [...]
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Weekly Wrap
Another week in the green for the stock markets. I’m glad to see the continuing climb to new heights, but it’s confusing. How can this be happening in spite of all of the recent “expert” bearish forecasts? According to them, the stock markets aren’t supposed to continue rising, and should have crashed months ago. I [...]
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Will this soon to be relegated to the fiction section? Hat Tip: FT Alphaville – Disclosure: Amazon affiliate link
Weekly Wrap
The stock markets moved up rather nicely throughout the week, that is until Friday, when investors panicked over what I consider a non-event. The three major stock market indexes ended the week mixed – the Dow gaining 0.2%, the Nasdaq gaining 1.4%, and the S&P 500 ending with a loss of 0.2%. On Friday, investors [...]
Weekly Wrap
Another bullish rally in the stock markets this past week. The Dow ended up the week with 0.6% gain, the Nasdaq up 2.1%, and the S&P 500 up 1.4%. But where are we headed now? I mean, stocks can’t go any higher, right? What to do? What to do? Is it time to ditch stocks [...]
Greece Is The Word
I’m having a hard time believing that recent market conditions are being caused by a debt crisis in Greece. I tend to think there are other underlying concerns that are bringing the stock markets down instead. So, to see if perhaps my assessment of current conditions could be off the mark, I asked one of [...]