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 […]

Last week, all four of the indexes we discuss in these market updates saw their performance stumble.  The S&P 500 lost 1.44%, the Dow was down 1.52%, the NASDAQ gave back 1.22%, and the MSCI EAFE declined 0.07%. Click here to read the full article.

For the fifth time in six weeks, domestic stock indexes ended last week in positive territory.  The S&P 500 gained 0.24%, the NASDAQ added 0.67%, and the Dow eked out a 0.06% increase.  International equities in the MSCI EAFE grew by a sizable 1.99%. Click here to read the full article.