Domestic markets fell last week due to negative trade news and declining tech stocks, with the S&P 500 and Dow both breaking their multi-week winning streaks.  Meanwhile, the NASDAQ posted losses for 4 days in a row for the first time since April and experienced its worst September start since 2008. Click here to read […]

Trade continued to dominate the news last week and cause market volatility as investors monitored discussions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and tension with China.  While Mexico and the U.S. reached a new trade deal early in the week, talks with Canada stalled on Friday, August 31.  Reports also came out that […]

Last week marked a noteworthy milestone in our economy.  On Wednesday, August 22, the bull market entered its 3,453rd day, the longest such run in U.S. history.  In the past 9 plus years, domestic indexes have come quite a way since the dark days of the financial crisis.  The S&P 500 is now more than […]

Challenges in emerging markets affected  both U.S. and global stock performance last week, with the S&P 500 experiencing several down days.  By market close on Friday, however, two of the three domestics posted gains for the week.  The S&P 500 added 0.59%, the Dow increased 1.41%, and the NASDAQ lost 0.29%.  Meanwhile, the MSCI EAFE […]

Stocked ended the week in mixed territory as trouble with Turkey’s currency affected U.S. equity performance on Friday, August 10.  For the week, the S&P 500 lost 0.25%, the Dow declined 0.59%, and the NASDAQ increased 0.35%.  International stocks in the MSCI EAFE stumbled, giving back 1.57%. Click here to read the full article.

Domestic markets ended last week in positive territory, as the S&P gained 0.76%, the Dow was up 0.05%, and the NASDAQ increased 0.96%.  This performance marked the 5th week in a row that the S&P 500 and Dow posted gains.  Meanwhile, international stocks in the MSCI EAFE stumbled, losing 1.47% for the week. Click here […]