Much of July consisted of market participants eagerly awaiting announcements from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European...
Heightened macroeconomic concerns once again took center stage and the turmoil in the Eurozone seemed to reach new levels following...
Investors continued to monitor the situation in Europe, as news on Spanish financials moved markets both down (poor Spanish bank audits) and...
Fear grew in May as bad news out of Europe and China continued to dominate the markets. Greece remained the epicenter of European problems...
April employment numbers were low, but auto sales were near record levels, housing data continued to improve, and retail sales are moving ahead at a slow but steady pace. GDP: Slowing down; still on track for 2- 2.5% growth in 2012 First-quarter real GDP growth slowed down to 2.2% from 3.0% in the fourth
Slow but Steady Progress in the U.S. Economy – Federal Reserve Remains Cautious Most of the economic news released during the past few weeks pointed toward slow but steady progress in the U.S. economy, despite some market volatility that was attributed to news out of the Federal Reserve. Markets rallied based on a Ben Bernanke
A Strong Start to the Year The S&P 500 has risen by almost 7% so far in 2012, causing investors to wonder whether the economy is slowly improving or whether this growth was merely the result of the January effect. Global economic news have generally been positive-it included China’s slight drop in fourth-quarter GDP (as