Tag Archives: S&P500
How to Spot a Stock Market Inflection Point
Saving for retirement these days is a tall order. It certainly hasn’t been like the good old days during the 1980s and 90s when you could blindly dollar cost average into a no load index fund and watch it rise … Continue reading
The Stock Market, Explained
Despite an abundance of risk, the stock market continues to climb a wall of worry. Obviously, with the European debt crisis, China’s economic slowdown, and posturing from Iran, the stock market’s rise defies all logic. With all the known hazards … Continue reading
Seeing the First Glimpse of Dawn
Here we are, just two weeks into the New Year, and things are looking up. So far on the year, the S&P 500’s up 2.9 percent, the Nasdaq’s up 2.5 percent, and gold’s up 3.1 percent. Even silver, if you … Continue reading
In Praise of Scrooge
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did something extraordinarily remarkable on Tuesday…he did nothing. Following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, if you can believe it, Bernanke’s Fed statement made no monetary policy changes. Certainly, this is an exceptional feat. Remember, … Continue reading
