Market Month: August 2014
The Markets (as of market close August 31, 2014) Investors regained an appetite for risk in August, seeming to focus on generally encouraging Q2 economic data and corporate earnings reports rather…
Market Month: July 2014
The Markets (as of market close July 30, 2014) Encouraging economic news, generally positive Q2 corporate earnings reports, and stable Federal Reserve policy had to battle multiple geopolitical conflicts for…
Quarterly Market Review: April – June 2014
The Markets (as of market close June 30, 2014) After a rocky start, the quarter eventually made up for domestic equities' earlier losses. As winter weather finally lost its chokehold…
Market Month: May 2014
The Markets (as of market close May 31 2014) "Sell in May, go away" wasn't a winning strategy last month. Investors regained interest in Nasdaq stocks, giving the index its strongest…
Market Month: April 2014
The Markets (as of market close April 30, 2014) The rotation out of momentum stocks that began in early March continued in April, hitting many of the tech and biotech…
Quarterly Market Review: January – March 2014
The Markets (as of market close March 31, 2014) Profit-taking from 2013's strong run as well as currency and credit problems in several emerging markets threatened to derail the stock…
Market Month: February 2014
The Markets (as of market close February 28, 2014) Equities recovered from January's losses in fine style. The Nasdaq continued to lead the pack year-to-date, but by the end of…
Market Week: February 3, 2014
The Markets (as of market close February 28, 2014) It's a small, small world: Despite various attempts at propping up local currencies, emerging markets continued to suffer from concerns that…
Market Week: January 27, 2014
The Markets (as of market close January 27, 2014) A double whammy helped trigger a selloff in equities last week. Weaker-than-expected manufacturing data from China helped fuel concerns about the…
Market Week: January 13, 2014
The Markets (as of market close January 13, 2014) Believers in the so-called January indicator--the concept that the first five trading days suggest the stock market's overall direction for the…
