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Premium Content Readers' 2015 Market Forecast: Modest Gains, More Volatility By Adam Zoll, Morningstar Any time you ask investors to predict how the market will perform in the coming year,…
KenJanuary 12, 2015
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KenJanuary 6, 2015
Premium Content This week’s premium content is courtesy of Morningstar Economy Is Good, but Not 5% Good The third-quarter GDP revision showing 5% growth resulted from a perfect storm of…
KenJanuary 6, 2015
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KenDecember 16, 2014
Markets ended the first week of December with a bang, rallying for the seventh straight week, though the Nasdaq gave in to selling pressure and closed slightly down. Investors used…
KenDecember 9, 2014
After a choppy October, November was a very good month for stocks. Falling oil prices, new moves by central banks, and solid domestic fundamentals gave both the Dow and the…
KenDecember 1, 2014
Markets ended a sluggish week of trading slightly up, notching another record close for the S&P 500. For the week, the S&P 500 gained 0.39%, the Dow grew 0.35%, and…
KenNovember 18, 2014
Premium Content Starting next quarter, current clients will have exclusive access to premium content. Not a client? Use the form below this article to get started. Oil is hovering…
KenNovember 18, 2014
I mentioned on CNBC this past Friday that the Wall Street saying still persists….”Stocks take an escalator up (meaning a little at a time), and then take an elevator down.”…
KenNovember 10, 2014
Investors took advantage of a data-heavy week as the major averages rallied strongly, raising the Dow and the S&P 500 to new records. Upbeat economic reports and fresh hope for…
KenNovember 4, 2014