THE HOME STRETCH The bull market rolls on as November was the strongest month of the year so far with the S&P 500 advancing 5.7%, NASDAQ up 6.2%, the Dow Jones +7.5%, and the Russell 2000 (small caps) up 10.8%. This year is on track to be the best year for...
With an YTD gain of 22.1% through yesterday, the S&P 500 is on pace for its second annual 20% gain in a row. Surprisingly, that has only happened two other times: first, three times in a row from 1954-56, and second, four years in a row from 1995-98. However,...
China may be our biggest adversary, but the health of their economy and markets are important to the U.S. They are a major trading partner and their markets contribute to overall global stability. Chinese policymakers are finally alarmed enough to shift out of low...
August was a roller coaster for stocks. Moves lower in a roller coaster market can be terrifying, and in the first three trading days of August, investors had to contend with economic data showing what looked like a sharply decelerating economy and the unwind of the...
Just when it seemed mega-caps may never go down and small-caps may never go up again, we have seen a short-term reversal of epic proportions. The tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 is down about 8% while the small-cap Russell 2000 is up almost 10% over the last 13 trading days. ...
This week marks the beginning of earnings season for the second quarter. S&P 500 companies are expected to report a fourth straight quarter of growth, with profits forecast to rise 8.8% over last year’s second quarter (source: FactSet). The top 10 companies in...
