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Global equity markets had a pretty good first quarter — especially the tech names. And interestingly, in the fourth quarter of 2022, global equity markets also had a pretty good quarter — except for t...
Global equity markets had a pretty good fourth quarter – except for the tech names – and when the final Wall Street bell weakly tolled on Friday, December 30th, most of the major global equity markets...
Global equity markets had a rotten third quarter. When the final Wall Street bell tolled on September 30th, all major international equity markets were red, leading to overall market declines not seen...
Global equity markets had an awful second quarter. When the final Wall Street bell weakly tolled on June 30th, all major international equity markets were red, leading to overall market declines not s...
Markets Have Worst Quarter Since 1Q2020
Global equity markets had a volatile first quarter and when the final Wall Street-bell rang on March 31st, global equity markets were in the red, as March was...
Markets Turn in Very Good Fourth Quarter
Global equity markets had a volatile fourth quarter, but when the final Wall Street-bell rang in the New Year, global markets recorded very decent numbers, a...
Markets Struggle in the Third Quarter
Global equity markets had a mixed third quarter, but when the final Wall Street-bell chimed on September 30th, global markets had not moved very much, despite t...
The first quarter of 2020 is over and investors are glad that it’s in the rear-view mirror. Remember when your parents said, “if you can’t say anything nice about so and so, don’t say anything at all?...
Stock markets in the U.S. and around the globe turned in a fantastic 2019, driven by U.S. equities, specifically large-cap U.S. equities. And along the way, 2019 brought plenty of records, including:...
The U.S. stock market indices increased modestly in the third quarter, propelling the S&P 500 and the DJIA to their best three-quarter starts to the year since 1997 and NASDAQ to its best three-quarte...
Markets Continue to Set Records in the Second Quarter of 2019
Stock markets in the U.S. and mostly around the globe turned in a good second quarter, which when combined with a good first quarter, cr...
Stocks Turn in Best Quarter in 10 Years
Global markets ended the first quarter of 2019 with very positive returns and domestically, the DJIA, S&P 500, Russell 2000 and NASDAQ all rewarded investors...
As we reflect on 2018, it is tempting to sugarcoat the year by simply reporting that it was a record-setting year for stocks – because so many investors would rather quickly forget the end results.
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Third Quarter 2018
A Fantastic Third Quarter – At Least in the U.S
A fantastic third quarter has pushed 2018 into a pretty good year as the broad-based S&P 500 finished the third quarter with a 7....