For the month of October, the NASDAQ finished down 2.8% for the month. The S&P 500 was down 2.2% for the month while the Dow was down 1.36% for the month. Of course, the big news this month is the escalation of combat between Israel and Hamas. While this creates a...
After a rough August the markets continued their downward trend with the S&P 500 losing 4.87% after the loss of 3% in August. The S&P finished the 3rd quarter down 3.65% but remains positive 11.68% year-to-date. The Dow Jones Industrial Average similarly...
August was not kind in the markets. The S&P 500 is down more than 3% this month, the Nasdaq Composite fell just over 5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 3%. Throughout the bull market dating back to 2009, Brian Wesbury the Chief Economist for First...
For the month of July and year-to-date, the NASDAQ finished 3.83% for the month and sits +37.06% year-to-date. The S&P 500 was positive 3.21% for the month and 20.65% year-to-date while the Dow gained 3.13% for the month and is positive 6.79% year-to-date. Just a...
For the month of June and year-to-date, the NASDAQ finished positive 5.24% for the month and sits +32.74% year-to-date. The S&P 500 was positive 5.43% for the month and 16.38% year-to-date while the Dow gained 4.07% for the month and is positive 3.84%...
In the words of William Shakespeare – Much Ado About Nothing. With all the discussion of debt ceiling, U.S. default, and economic doom the markets were noisy but didn’t do much in May. For May, the NASDAQ finished positive 7.88% and sits positive year-to-date...
