It was another week on Wall Street where the stock indices started in the lower left corner of the chart, and finished in the upper right. One of the most frustrating, unloved rallies continues and probably won’t end until more investors feel the love. Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through MayRead… Read more »
Despite some troublesome geopolitical events last week, it was another good week for stocks as both the Fed and encouraging weekly jobless claims helped keep investors from doing much selling. Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through May 10. The S&P 500 closed near the highs of the week although very closeRead… Read more »
Stocks ended a positive week with a big rally on Friday triggered by the April jobs report. The report was slightly better than the estimates, but there were some very positive revisions made to prior month’s reports, which may have taken investors by surprise. Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through MayRead… Read more »
After a slow start on Monday and some weakness on Friday, stocks bounced back last week and nearly recovered all of the prior week’s losses. The economic data and the earnings reports were a mixed bag as we saw a weaker than expected GDP report but a strong weekly jobs report. Despite some strong gainsRead… Read more »
Volatility picked up last week as the Dow started the week with a 266-point loss on Monday, then a 158-point gain on Tuesday, another 138-point loss on Thursday, then an 81-point loss on Thursday and, even though the Dow was up only 10-points on Friday, the S&P 500 was up almost 1% on the day.Read… Read more »
Stocks opened lower last Monday morning but quickly recovered and never looked back as it was another big week for the market with earnings season getting underway. It seems investors were also happy about Japan’s new monetary policy which is even more aggressive than the U.S’s policy of throwing $85 billion into the system eachRead… Read more »
If you read our daily market commentary, you know that I have been all over this amazing streak of alternating daily up / down days in the S&P 500. With Friday’s decline, the streak is now 13 days going back to March 19. The good news is, if the streak continues, Monday should be aRead… Read more »
After bouncing around wildly earlier in the week, the stock market found its footing and rallied off of the early Wednesday morning low, to reach a new all-time high in the S&P 500 by the close on Thursday (Friday was a holiday.) Here are the up to date weekly, final March monthly, and end ofRead… Read more »
Things got a bit choppy last week for stocks as the Cyprus news and the Fed got most of the headlines. Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through March 22: As we talked about last week, the week after options expiration week is generally weaker than a random week, and the minorRead… Read more »
It was another week of stocks starting in the lower left hand corner on the chart, and ending in the top right. Momentum is on the bulls’ side and the positive economic data has justified the move, but have stocks gone too far, too fast? Here are the up to date TSP fund returns throughRead… Read more »