Ken

  Markets tuned out noise from Washington last week and continued to focus on economic fundamentals. Mildly rebounding retail sales and strong consumer sentiment seem to point toward a modestly…

  Last week, stocks rose but floated within a narrow trading range. By Friday, however, both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ reached record highs.1 For the week, the S&P…

  Stocks continued their advance on generally strong earnings reports this week despite the GDP report showing a slow first quarter economy. The S&P 500 rose 1.51%, the Dow gained…

Domestic stocks posted losses on Friday, April 21, largely due to investor concerns about the French election.1 Despite these daily losses, U.S. indexes broke their two-week losing streak, with the…

  Last week, major indexes experienced losses for the second week in a row, with the S&P 500 falling 1.21%, the Dow giving back 1.01%, the NASDAQ dropping 1.26%, and…

  The first quarter of 2017 is now behind us, and although we won’t have complete economic data for a while, we do know that domestic stocks had a solid…

  With the first quarter of 2017 now behind us, we have seen the three major indexes all gain more than 4.5% so far this year.1 In fact, the NASDAQ…

  They often say that March can come in like a lion, and leave a lamb. What we had in March of this year, is that March came in like…