Stocks ended last week on a strong note, regaining a lot of lost ground and giving the S&P 500 its best week of the year.  For the week, the S&P 500 gained 3.26%, the Dow grew 3.72%, and the NASDAQ rose 2.61%. Click here to read the full article.

Few words characterize today’s financial markets like uncertainty. When overseas economic issues can rob investors of months of gains and speeches by Federal Reserve officials cause markets to flip-flop unpredictably, investors are left wondering what they should do. In an attempt to make major market movements work for their portfolios rather than against, some investors […]

Stocks ended the final days of the third quarter on a positive note, even though stocks were still down for the quarter.  For the week, the S&P 500 gained 1.04%, the Dow added 0.97%, and the NASDAQ grew 0.45%. Click here to read the full article.

Stocks continued their roller-coaster ride last week, dogged by worries from Washington and a plunge in biotech’s that pushed the major indexes lower.  For the week, the S&P 500 lost 1.36%, the Dow fell 0.43%, and the NASDAQ dropped 2.92%. Click here to read the full article.

Uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates weighed on markets last week, pushing the Dow and the S&P lower.  For the week, the S&P 500 lost 0.15%, the Dow fell 0.29%, while the NASDAQ gained 0.10%. Click here to read the full article.

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