August stock markets continue to precede the economy out of the pandemic-induced recession. [Read more…]
August 7, 2020
Stocks recovered more of their first quarter losses in July with the S&P index again significantly outperforming the DOW index. All sectors of the market rose over the month except energy stocks. Besides technology stocks, health care and utilities sectors returned very well in July. [Read more…]
July 8, 2020
After a strong start, stock markets bumped through the remainder of June to gain just under 2%. Stocks are still significantly down Year-To-Date and from a year ago. [Read more…]
June 5, 2020
May stock markets recovered further, lifting portfolio balances again. [Read more…]
May 8, 2020
Stock markets surged back in April while we struggle with pandemic updates. [Read more…]
April 3, 2020
March markets closed above their lows, recovering some of the mid-month unprecedented drop. [Read more…]
March 4, 2020
February stock markets worldwide closed with a week of steep down days after reaching [Read more…]
February 7, 2020
January stock markets grew strongly until mid-month, then lost the gains to close just positive. Utilities had a great month. Large company U.S. growth stocks, bonds, and Real Estate stocks contributed to the upside. International stocks, small company U.S. stocks, and Health Care stocks lost some ground by month’s end. [Read more…]
January 3, 2020
December extended the growth in stock prices to close markets up 28-30% for 2019. Mutual fund prices are lowered in December with the annual distributions they pay out. [Read more…]