Friends Stocks seemed to suffer a bit of a hangover today from last week’s gains, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 247 points. The S&P 500 was down 23 points to finish the day at 1200. After having rallied for a week and a half and more than...
Archive for month: October, 2011
Thoughts on “Occupying”
Friends I have mixed feelings about the “Occupy Wall Street” crowd. Are they somewhat a disjointed mess of typical liberal causes? Yes. Are many of them just kids looking to get in on the action? Yes. Are some of them just bums that have nothing better to do? Yes....
Give a Little Back
Friends After several days of advance, stocks gave back a little of their recent gains with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 40 points. The S&P 500 was down 3 points to close at 1203. After touching 1220 yesterday, it will be interesting to see if we settle back...
Rally Continues
Friends Stocks continued the rally that we have seen over that past week, although they did finish quite a bit off their highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 102 points for the day to close at 11,518, while the S&P 500 was up 11 points to finish...
Big Up Day for Stocks!
Friends, I hope most of you have enjoyed a nice Columbus Day of not having to work. Even though the bond market and banks are closed, the stock market was open for business and it was like the children got to play while the adults (the bond market) were...
Quiet Ending to the Week
Friends The non-farm payroll number released this morning came in slightly better than economists had been forecasting (103,000 new jobs) but not enough to make a dent in the unemployment rate which remained at 9.1%. After a volatile week, stocks reacted somewhat calmly with the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Loss of an Icon
Friends We lost a true American icon yesterday with the death of Steve Jobs, the leader and face of Apple. His unique vision and ability to shape the future lands him among the great icons of American history. His company will go on, but it remains to be seen...
Beware of Labels
Friends Beware of labels. This morning stocks fell into “bear market” territory on the S&P 500 (down more than 20% from the top) only to rally to the plus side by midday. As the afternoon wore on, stocks fell again as delays in the “Greece” situation and little news...
October Begins Like September Ends
Friends The lingering effects of the 3rd quarter seemed to dominate trading today as stocks shrugged off decent ISM manufacturing and construction spending numbers and spent the day in negative territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 258 points and the S&P 500 was down 32 to close...
2011 4th Quarter Outlook
“Getting the direction of stock prices right for the next 6 months will be directly tied to whether we go into a recession or not.” 4th Quarter 2011
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