3rd Qtr Review Market volatility increased significantly in the 3rd quarter as the news came out about Ebola, European markets slowing, and ISIS becoming a threat in the Middle East. Most major indices were down during the quarter led lower by small caps and...
4th Qtr and 2012 Overview 2012 was a year that was full of uncertainty from elections, policy, geo-political conflicts, major fiscal problems in Europe, fiscal cliffs in the U.S. and for some people even the thought that the end of the world was coming. But despite...
On paper things looked great for the markets as we wrapped up the 3rd quarter. The S&P 500 was up 6.35%, foreign markets as measured by the MSCI EAFE rebounded and were up 6.92% and emerging markets were up 6.97%. Even the bond market had a decent...
The S&P 500 attempted to break above its high of May 2011 last week and was briefly trading at multi-year highs. That May 2011 high which is around 1370 for the S&P 500 (red horizontal line in chart) is a very important resistance area. In technical...
Looking Ahead to 2012 Happy New Year! And this will be about as cheery as we will be as we take a moment to take a quick look at investing in 2011 and more importantly in 2012. 2011 proved to be another challenging year as economies, plagued by debt, continued stress...
