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As the holiday season progresses, the markets continue to impress. Last week, many energy, financial, and industrial sector stocks helped drive performance.1 Hitting record highs yet again, the S&P…
KenDecember 12, 2017
Markets went for a wild ride last week—especially on Friday. In fact, on December 1, the S&P 500 had its largest fluctuations since the day after the 2016 presidential…
KenDecember 6, 2017
Last week was a relatively quiet time in the domestic markets. We did not receive a tremendous amount of economic data, and trading halted Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.…
KenNovember 28, 2017
After posting gains every week since September, U.S. stocks declined by market’s close on Friday. The S&P 500 and Dow ended their longest stretch of weekly increases since 2013,…
KenNovember 14, 2017
Once again, the markets ended the week in positive territory—and all 3 major domestic indexes hit new record highs. The S&P 500 added 0.26%, and the Dow was up…
KenNovember 7, 2017
Another week, another round of positive market performance. The 3 major domestic indexes again ended the week with gains and new record highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.23% and…
KenOctober 31, 2017
Last week, all 3 major U.S. markets hit record highs once again.1 The Dow added 2.00% to notch both intraday and closing records, the S&P 500 rose 0.86%, and…
KenOctober 24, 2017
Last Friday, all 3 major domestic indexes continued their streak of weekly gains and record highs. The S&P 500 added 0.15%, and the Dow was up 0.43%. Meanwhile, both…
KenOctober 17, 2017