January 18, 2017
Will the Trump rally continue when he gets inaugurated?
As we look back on markets last week, we see mixed results, with none of the major domestic indexes gaining or losing more than 1%.1 The S&P 500 was…
January 10, 2017
New Year Starts With Record Highs
The first trading week of 2017 is over, and during this time, all three major domestic indexes hit record highs. The DOW reached 19,999.63 in intra-day trading on Friday,…
January 3, 2017
What will 2017 bring for investors?
Looking back on the final trading week of a very eventful year, we saw low volume and a break from the recent rallies for domestic indexes. While international stocks…
December 27, 2016
The US economy continues to grow
In the last full trading week of 2016, domestic markets were relatively quiet, with many people out of the office for the holidays. Nonetheless, all three major domestic indexes…
December 20, 2016
Why did the Fed raise rates?
Last week was mixed for the markets, as the Dow increased by 0.44%, while the S&P 500 lost 0.06%, the NASDAQ dropped 0.13%, and the MSCI EAFE gave back…
December 13, 2016
Records are made to be broken
On Friday, December 9, all three major U.S. stock indexes ended at record high. For the first time in five years, they each posted gains every day of the…
December 6, 2016
Is the Trump Rally Fizzing?
After a three-week run where all major U.S. indexes posted significant gains, we saw more mixed results last week. The Dow was up 0.10%, but the S&P 500 lost…
November 29, 2016
Will the ‘Trump Rally’ Continue?
During a week while many were thankful, the markets gave us much to be thankful for. Through the four-day trading week, the Dow gained 1.51%, the S&P 500 was…
November 22, 2016
The Economy has a lot To Be Thankful For
For the second straight week, the major domestic indexes all ended in positive territory: The S&P 500 was up 0.81%, the Dow increased 0.11%, and the NASDAQ added 1.61%.1…