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…]
OUT WITH THE OLD
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…]
NEARING THE FINISH LINE
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…]
‘TIS THE SEASON-ALITY
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…]
EXERCISE IN FUTILITY
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…]
INVEST BUSTERS
A little something for the YouTube generation, produced in collaboration with Maryland Public Television.
WHAT’S NEXT?
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…]
BACK FROM THE BRINK?
If September is the cruelest month for equities, it will have a way to go to beat August.
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THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER
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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SPRINGTIME FOR THE ECONOMY?
The month of March came in like a lion but is going out like a bi-polar bear. From start to finish, March has been a month of dueling viewpoints with a little geopolitical tension thrown in for good measure. [Read more…]