by Todd Burkhalter | Sep 4, 2012 | Financial Planning
Weekly Update – September 4, 2012 Markets stayed fairly flat last week ahead of Friday’s highly anticipated speech by Ben Bernanke but stumbled on news that the Fed wasn’t going to immediately roll out another round of quantitative easing. The S&P fell...
by Todd Burkhalter | Aug 20, 2012 | Education
Steadily Inching Forward Weekly Update – August 20, 2012 Investors experienced another quiet week as slow trading and modestly encouraging economic data failed to rouse much excitement. U.S. trading volume has declined in recent weeks as traders take vacations and...
by Todd Burkhalter | Aug 13, 2012 | Education
Weekly Update for August 13, 2012 After a very quiet summer week on Wall Street (half the traders must have been on vacation), markets closed up, consolidating the gains made since the June 4th low. Last week the S&P gained 1.07%, the Dow picked up 0.85%, and the...
by Todd Burkhalter | Jul 30, 2012 | Education
Weekly Update – July 30, 2012 Volatility was the name of the game last week as markets responded positively to better-than-expected earnings, flinched at ratings downgrades in Europe, and then rallied again on news that the EU is moving towards tighter...
by Todd Burkhalter | Jul 23, 2012 | Education
Weekly Maket Update for July 23, 2012 Markets shook off a raft of disappointing economic data and feeble earnings reports to remain in positive territory this week: The S&P gained 0.43%, the Dow edged up 0.36%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.58%. Persistent speculation...
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