Market Month: May 2014
The Markets (as of market close May 31 2014) "Sell in May, go away" wasn't a winning strategy last month. Investors regained interest in Nasdaq stocks, giving the index its strongest…
The Markets (as of market close May 31 2014) "Sell in May, go away" wasn't a winning strategy last month. Investors regained interest in Nasdaq stocks, giving the index its strongest…
The Markets (as of market close April 30, 2014) The rotation out of momentum stocks that began in early March continued in April, hitting many of the tech and biotech…
The Markets (as of market close March 31, 2014) Profit-taking from 2013's strong run as well as currency and credit problems in several emerging markets threatened to derail the stock…
The Markets (as of market close February 28, 2014) Equities recovered from January's losses in fine style. The Nasdaq continued to lead the pack year-to-date, but by the end of…
The Markets (as of market close February 28, 2014) It's a small, small world: Despite various attempts at propping up local currencies, emerging markets continued to suffer from concerns that…
The Markets (as of market close January 27, 2014) A double whammy helped trigger a selloff in equities last week. Weaker-than-expected manufacturing data from China helped fuel concerns about the…
The Markets (as of market close January 13, 2014) Believers in the so-called January indicator--the concept that the first five trading days suggest the stock market's overall direction for the…
Overview Standoffs, sequestration, shutdown, and suspense in Washington supplied the wall of worry that equities markets are said to be so fond of climbing. And climb it they did. The…
The Markets (as of market close January 6, 2014) Equities rang in the new year by taking a bit of a breather. As investors decided to take some of the…
The Markets (as of market close December 30, 2013) Strong economic reports, particularly one that suggested that businesses are confident enough in the future to spend more on equipment, helped…