Stock Markets and the Economy
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October 2012
October 26, 2012 04:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review The markets had bumpy rides the law few weeks. One cause of the market swings is earnings season. Investors should have been prepared for lower earnings and revenue because of the poor economic data since last spring. But they apparently were used to corporations […]
September 2012
September 28, 2012 04:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review First, a scheduling note. I’ll be traveling next week and probably won’t post a weekly summary. There also will be light posting on my public blog. I’ll be back in full gear the week of Oct. 8. A number of events caused markets to […]
August 2012
August 31, 2012 05:45 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review Ben Bernanke’s given his important Jackson Hole speech, indicating the Fed might take more action at its September meeting. But what, if anything, will Europe do? And what about the fiscal cliff in the U.S.? Will China suffer a hard landing? There’s a lot […]
July 2012
July 27, 2012 04:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review There’s been a lot happening in the markets and economy, and more will happen the rest of the summer. This fall will be especially eventful with elections, more deadlines in Europe, and the need for legislation to avoid the “fiscal cliff” in the U.S. […]
June 2012
June 29, 2012 04:30 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review European leaders delivered a pleasant surprise to the financial world by agreeing to a couple of things at their latest summit. But don’t get too excited by the developments. Afterwards the leaders didn’t seem to agree on what they’d done, and the developments still […]
May 2012
May 25, 2012 04:45 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review These weekly messages don’t often draw attention to a lot of economic data from outside the U.S. But this week was a major one for global economic data. The first conclusion from the data is that Europe continues to deteriorate. We already knew that […]
April 2012
April 27, 2012 04:20 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review Big decisions soon need to be made by policymakers and investors. As I’ve said the last few weeks, a wave of economic and market forces are coming together and forming a critical mass that’s creating a lot of stress on the system. It’s not […]
March 2012
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