Stocks have spent most of this year slowly climbing out of a hole created when they fell sharply in February and March. For technically oriented firms like ours, it is
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Stocks are generally split into two broad categories: growth stocks and value stocks. Growth stocks are those that tend to generate earnings (profits) consistently, regardless of broad economic cycles, because
Stock and bond markets around the world are struggling to find direction in 2018. By this point last year, U.S. and foreign stocks were up by close to double digits,
What a difference a new year makes. Just when investors might have been lulled into the notion that a low-volatility and upward-trending environment was here to stay, the stock market
While 2017 was full of frightening headlines and constant bemoaning over both domestic and foreign policy, the market trudged ahead in an exceptionally low-volatility manner. Nothing seemed to matter, whether
While the weather for March may be much more unpleasant at the beginning of the month relative to the end of the month, the same could not be said for
Not many of us would envy the Federal Reserve’s job of overseeing the U.S. economy. It’s a monumental task, one that requires vigilant watch and careful utilization of tools that
Stocks have made an abrupt about-face in the early days of February after marching steadily higher in January, a continuation of the bull market party in place since the election
2017 was a year to celebrate gains in most stock markets around the world. The S&P 500 index continued to be the favored index, though some international markets also shone
Last month marked the 30-year anniversary of the October 1987 stock market plunge in which the major indices fell over 20% in a single day. It still remains the largest