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
Stock Markets Sell Off as The “Fiscal Cliff” Arrives
Stock Markets Give Back More of 2012 Gains The 2012 election came and went this week and was the primary catalyst for much of the movement in the stock markets worldwide. The markets began the week with promising economic news from the ISM Non-Manufacturing (Services) Index which represents approximately 80% of the USA economy. The … Read more
Earnings Disappoints the Markets – America’s Energy Future Brightens
Markets Sell off as Earnings Continue to Disappoint It was a rough week for the stock markets as each attempt to establish gains quickly came to an end. The markets could not maintain any positive momentum whatsoever even with earnings help from some key companies. Facebook for example initially gained 22% when the company reported … Read more
Job Market Gains Propels Stock Market To All Time Highs
Posted by relianceria on May 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Stocks Continue To Do What They Do Best In 2013 – Go Higher Another week is in the books and as with most other weeks in 2013, the stock market again finished higher than the previous week. As a matter of fact the S&P 500 closed at a new all time record high of 1,614. … Read more
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