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...
For April, the NASDAQ finished positive 0.37% and sits positive year-to-date 16.92%. The S&P 500 was positive 1.39% is positive year-to-date 8.91% while the Dow gained 1.84% and is up 3.24% year-to-date. The Federal Reserve reported in April that the M2 measure of...
