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.  For the week, the S&P 500 gained 0.63%, the Dow finished up 0.32%, and the NASDAQ rose 0.88%.  The MSCI EAFE added 1.7%. Click here to read the full article.

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 1.91%, and the NASDAQ added 2.32%.  On Tuesday, the NASDAQ posted record highs as it closed over 6,000 for the first time.  Internationally, the MSCI EAFE […]

Domestic stocks posted losses on Friday, April 21, largely due to investor concerns about the French election.  Despite these daily losses, U.S. indexes broke their two-week losing streak, with the S&P 500 adding 0.85%, the Dow gaining 0.46%, and the NASDAQ increasing 1.82%.  International stocks in the MSCI EAFE grew by 0.18%. Click here to […]

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 MSCI EAFE declining 0.14%. Click here to read the full article.

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 start to the year.  Last week, major indexes took a pause from some recent gains and began the second quarter of 2017 with less than thrilling […]

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.  In fact, the NASDAQ just experienced its best quarter since 2013 due to tech stocks driving growth. Despite closing down on Friday, the indexes added to their quarterly gains last […]