As a polar vortex descended upon much of the nation in January, Wall Street felt a decided chill.  After closing out 2013 with record highs, stocks experienced an about-face.  The Dow has its worst January performance since 2009. [Read more…]

2013 was the year that wasn’t supposed to be. The stock market returns defied gravity and the naysayers.  For those in the market, the year ended well. [Read more…]

After a torrid three months, December saw a cold wind chill Wall Street.  Will stocks end the year in the deep freeze or get a lift from an end-of-year heat wave? [Read more…]

The bears are prowling around the edges of the stock market ready to pounce on the slightest sign of weakness.  But they may have to wait a bit longer for a pullback or correction. [Read more…]

Sixteen days of government shutdown at an estimated cost of $24 billion dollars and what do we have to show for it?  Nothing. [Read more…]

So much has happened over the past two weeks that it’s hard to know where to begin, much less wrap one’s head around it, but here goes. [Read more…]

 If September is the cruelest month for equities, it will have a way to go to beat August.
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With two weeks to go until the unofficial end of summer, volume remains light as the beach trumps the trading floor.
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Despite a weaker than expected job report and mixed messages from the Federal Reserve, the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones Industrial and Transportation Averages continued to make new highs last week. [Read more…]

Better than expected earnings propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index to new all-time highs last week and will dominate the headlines this week. [Read more…]