Genie’s Bottle or Pandora’s Box?

  Weekly Update – September 17, 2012 Markets experienced a sharp rally last week as the Federal Reserve unleashed its long-expected quantitative easing. The major indices closed higher with The S&P gaining 1.94%, the Dow gaining 2.15%, and the Nasdaq picking up...

Bull vs. Bear – Point; Counterpoint

  Weekly Update – September 10, 2012 The major indices closed out last week in positive territory despite a disappointing jobs report as investors’ disappointment vied with renewed hope that the Fed could take action as early as next week’s FOMC meeting. The S&P...

Easing Ahead?

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...

Evaluating the Summer Rally

  Weekly Update – August 27, 2012 After another slow trading week, markets closed slightly down, with the S&P losing 0.50%, the Dow dropping 0.88%, and the Nasdaq losing 0.22%.[i] With the S&P 500 edging close to another record high, you might be wondering how...