Week in Review U.S. Markets U.S. stocks finished the week with gains despite significant volatility intraweek, mostly triggered by trade headlines.  Early in the week [...]

Market Recap and Observations U.S. Markets U.S. stocks retreated from last week’s record highs in the holiday-shortened week, with global markets still on edge amid [...]

Market Recap and Observations U.S. Markets U.S. stocks posted gains for the week, led higher by technology and energy shares.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average [...]

Market Recap and Observations U.S. Markets Most of the major U.S. indexes closed higher for the week as large declines on Wednesday were offset by [...]

Market Recap and Observations U.S. Markets *as of 8/11/18  The major benchmarks ended the week mixed after a downturn on Friday reversed earlier gains.  The [...]

Stock Valuations With debate raging as to whether the nine-year bull market is coming to an end or merely taking a rest, the reality is [...]

Market Recap and Observations U.S. Markets The broader U.S. stock market indexes were generally up for the week as Apple lifted the information technology sector [...]

Yield Curve is Making Investors Nervous Suddenly everyone is talking about the yield curve: Barron’s, Bloomberg, CNBC and The Wall Street Journal. Given all the [...]

Market Recap and Observations U.S. Markets The major U.S. benchmarks ended the week mixed with large cap indexes far outperforming smaller cap indexes and the [...]