by lindapowell | May 11, 2018 | Articles, Economic Updates
May 2018 THE MONTH IN BRIEF April saw the S&P 500 advance 0.27% as a new earnings season unfolded – one in which investors grew uneasy about rising Treasury yields, protectionism, and privacy concerns involving tech giants. While the financial media largely...
by lindapowell | Mar 6, 2018 | Articles, Economic Updates
March 2018 THE MONTH IN BRIEF Investors certainly received a wake-up call in February. A correction hit Wall Street for the first time in nearly two years, and benchmarks overseas were also challenged. Two weeks later, though, the S&P 500 had gained back more than...
by lindapowell | Feb 16, 2018 | Articles, Newsletters
by lindapowell | Feb 13, 2018 | Articles, In The News
After 20 months of relative calm, take this volatility in stride Are you upset by what is happening on Wall Street? It may help to see this pullback within a big-picture context. Corrections have become so rare as of late that when one occurs, emotion threatens to...
by lindapowell | Feb 6, 2018 | Articles, Economic Updates
February 2018 THE MONTH IN BRIEF Bulls took charge of Wall Street as 2018 began: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5.79% in the first month of the year, even with a mild selloff on the verge of February. Foreign equity benchmarks largely advanced as well....
