Stocks Are Loving 2013 – Local Real Estate Continues Higher
USA Stock Markets Continue To Outperform The excellent run in the USA stock markets that began on January 1st of this year continued this week as the S&P 500 gained 1.7% and closed within 15 points of it’s recent all time highs. Leading the stock market higher were the more economically sensitive stocks which brought … Read more
S&P 500 Closes Down For the Week – First Time in 2013
Two Days of Losses- Is the Rally Over? The strong run in the USA stock markets that began on January 1st finally came to an end this past week. For the first time in 2013, the stock markets had back to back days of losses on Wednesday & Thursday which resulted in about a 2% … Read more
Individual Investors Return To Markets…… At Six Year Highs
The Stock Markets picked up right where they left off at the end of the month of January. For the first eight days of February, the stock markets have continued to respond to each short term sell- off by once again working their way higher. The S&P 500 closed this week at 1,518 – which … Read more
Stock Market Climbs To Highest Levels Since 2007
Stocks Continue To Crawl Higher In 2013 Continuing right where the stock market left off last week, stocks spent the first three days of this week moving sideways before resuming their march higher and breaking out for a 1% gain on Thursday and Friday. 2013 continues to be a very giving year to investors from … Read more
Stock Markets Close At Five Year Highs
A Nice Start To 2013 2013 has been a very giving year – so far – from the stock markets both here and throughout the world. Today on Friday January 11th, the S&P 500 closed at 1,472 – a new 5 year closing high for the USA stock markets. We had predicted a sharp move … Read more
Stocks Fall as Hopes For a Fiscal Cliff Solution Grows Dim
Stocks Finish The Week at their Lows – Volatility Surges Higher The Stock Market spent the majority of the past week in the red as hope for a fiscal deal faded. The S&P 500 opened at it’s highs for the week on Monday morning but from then on steadily sold off throughout the week. On … Read more
Stocks Continue Higher – Showrooming Is Here To Stay
Stocks Record Gains For The Second Week In A Row The stock markets began the week by selling off on Monday and Tuesday on fears that Congressional leaders and the White House would not come to an agreement on the Fiscal Cliff anytime soon. However the markets recovered on Wednesday morning and from that … Read more
The Holiday Season Kicks Off With The Best Gains in Weeks
Markets Rally While Congress Goes Away It was the first good week for the stock market since September. With Congress in recess for the Thanksgiving Holiday, there was not the “Fiscal Cliff” overhanging the markets and stocks responded favorably. Entering the week the markets were also as technically oversold as they had been in six … Read more
Stock Markets Continue To Retreat From the Fiscal Cliff
Stock Markets Continue To Give Back their 2012 Gains Fears of the Fiscal Cliff continued to weigh heavily on the stock markets during this past week. The S&P 500 reached it’s highs for the week soon after the markets opened on Monday morning. However the markets failed to hold their Monday morning gains and stocks … Read more
Stocks Stay Put – Get Your Low Interest Rates Before They Are Gone
Stock Market Takes The Long Way Home The markets got off to a rocky start on Monday as the S&P 500 fell 1.8%. The Volatility index (which measures fear in the market) surged 35% – one of the biggest one day move in volatility in the past 10 years. It appears that investors still have … Read more
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