Weak Earnings Weighs On Markets

Weekly Update – October 22, 2012 Markets declined for most of the week on disappointing third quarter earnings reports, with the technology sector hardest hit. On Friday, the 25th anniversary of 1987’s stock market crash (known as Black Monday)[i], trading was mostly...

How Far We’ve Come

  Weekly Update – October 15, 2012 Markets declined last week, retreating after initial third quarter earnings reports showed weakness and the World Bank cut its growth estimates in Asia. While the major indexes rallied a bit on Thursday and Friday, overall, investors...

A Few Bright Spots

Weekly Update – October 8, 2012       Markets started the week off slowly, but quickly picked up steam after several upbeat economic reports were released. Despite the headwinds blowing across global economies, a handful of important domestic indicators...

3Q 2012 Quarterly Edition

3Q 2012 Quarterly Edition October 1, 2012 Wall Street closed its best third quarter since 2010 after a wave of central bank actions across the globe (and expectations of future action) drove up equities in an unexpected summer rally. However, signs of weakness in the...