by Michael Vodicka | Jul 2, 2011 | All Updates, Weekly Update
We saw an amazing performance from stocks this week, with the averages leaping to their best performance in two years on Greece’s freshly minted rescue package and some encouraging economic data. For the week, the Dow added 650 points to close at 12,583. The big break...
by Michael Vodicka | Jun 26, 2011 | All Updates, Weekly Update
Stocks were off to a great start this week before losing their swagger and falling into the red ahead of the weekend. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday saw the averages climb to a solid 4-day winning streak. The upward momentum came on the heels of the Dow breaking a...
by Michael Vodicka | Apr 17, 2011 | All Updates, Weekly Update
The only place in the world where there is no inflation is at the Fed. That was the joke this week as the Central Bank reaffirmed its commitment to keeping interest rates low in spite of mounting evidence that inflation is on the rise. Like gold hitting a new high and...
by Michael Vodicka | Apr 10, 2011 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
It was a quiet week for stocks, with the averages breaking a two-week win streak as rising crude pulled the market lower directly ahead of Q1 earnings season. For the week, the S&P 500 fell a marginal .3% to remain glued to the recent 2-year high. The market’s...
by Michael Vodicka | Apr 2, 2011 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
Good things rarely come easy, and that’s exactly what just happened in the first quarter of 2011. Stocks were hot out of the gate in January and early February as momentum from late 2010 carried over into the New Year. But just as the market and investors were...
by Michael Vodicka | Mar 27, 2011 | All Updates, S&P 500 Stocks, Weekly Update
The first days of spring ushered in a much welcomed change for the market, with stocks reversing two weeks of losses on some encouraging economic data that lifted the averages to their best performance in two months. The market took its marching orders from a pretty...
