The Prettiest Girl at the Dance

  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...

Strong Earnings Drive Stocks

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...

U.S. Gains; World Falters

  Weekly Update – April, 16 2012 It was a rough one for the stock market last week as major indices closed out their worst session of 2012 on the backof disappointing economic growth in China and renewed fears about debt-ridden Europe. The S&P fell 2% for the...