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Oil, GDP, QE and September

Oil, GDP, QE and September

We ended August with the Dow lower for the month by about 4.5%, the S&P off by about 3.1% and the NASDAQ essentially unchanged. All three remain up nicely for the year. (1) The only […]

Wall Street — Where Good News Can Be Seen as Bad

Wall Street — Where Good News Can Be Seen as Bad

We didn’t have a real great market this past week. Matter of fact, according to the folks at CNBC, this was “the worst weekly performance by the Dow this year.” Though I agree with Mr. […]

Good Reports = Good Markets

Good Reports = Good Markets

This past Thursday, the S&P 500 broke 1,700 for the first time ever. While the number itself has no particular significance, it does represent another easily noted positive mark for the market. On Friday, the […]