Weekly Market Commentary – 3.12.12

An important key to support the stock market is starting to fall into place.

You may have guessed that key is JOBS. Last week, the Labor Department reported an increase of 227,000 new jobs in February. Over the past six months, 1.2 million new jobs have been created – the highest six‐month total since 2006. [...]

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Weekly Market Commentary – 2.19.12

On March 12, 2012 By

It was a busy week on Wall Street with numerous big moves and key milestones hit. Here are a few of the highlights:

The S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average had their biggest weekly gains since last December. The S&P 500 closed at its highest level in nearly four years and the [...]

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Weekly Market Commentary – 3.5.12

On March 5, 2012 By

It may not feel like it, but the U.S. stock market is off to its best start to the year since 1991, according to CNBC.

With a rise of 8.9 percent for the year, the S&P 500 index has now risen eight of the last nine weeks. Some analysts cite improving economic data, solid corporate [...]

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Weekly Market Commentary – 2.27.12

On February 27, 2012 By

It’s been rather calm in the stock market lately.

For the past couple years, the euro zone debt problems and the “will we or won’t we relapse into a recession” worry have been on center stage. Now, Europe’s immediate liquidity issue has been patched and the U.S. economy seems to be on firmer footing. Accordingly, [...]

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Weekly Market Commentary – 2.20.12

On February 23, 2012 By

Valentine’s Day is over, but there’s still a “whole lotta love” swirling around the stock market these days.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed last week at its highest level since May 2008 while the S&P 500 is knocking on the door of its highest close in almost four years, according to The Wall Street [...]

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