by Todd Burkhalter | May 29, 2012 | Education
Weekly Update – May 28, 2012 Markets started off last week with a bang and managed to hold their gains long enough to snap a three week losing streak. The S&P gained 1.74%, the Dow rose 0.69%, and the Nasdaq notched up 2.11%. Most of the action was driven by...
by Todd Burkhalter | May 14, 2012 | Education, Financial Planning, Leadership
Weekly Update – May 14, 2012 Concerns about Europe and the global economy set a negative tone last week and markets closed out at a loss. The S&P lost 1.15%, while the Dow lost 1.67%, and the Nasdaq 0.76%. On apositive note, the U.S. economy continues to slowly...
by Todd Burkhalter | May 9, 2012 | Education
Weekly Update – May 7, 2012 Last week was a rough one for U.S. stocks. The markets started off the week positive, pushed upward by positive corporate earnings, but retreated the last three days to close at a low point, hammered by a disappointing jobs report and...
by Todd Burkhalter | Apr 30, 2012 | Education
Weekly Update – April 30, 2012 The trading week started off slowly as investors absorbed further troubling news about the state of the global economy: Disappointing manufacturing reports from China, France, and Germany, plus news that the Netherlands might be...
by Todd Burkhalter | Apr 23, 2012 | Education
Weekly Update – April 23, 2012 Strong corporate earnings caused stocks to rally last week for the first time this month. The S&P closed up 0.6% for the week, while the Dow closed 1.4% higher, and the Nasdaq trimmed 0.36%. With no domestic economic reports released...
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