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Trend Watcher – Skepticism keeps the rally going

Joseph Gomez, Sr. Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager Apple was, once again, the star performer in client accounts last week, rising 7.41% and hitting another milestone – $600 per share. The rapid increase in AAPL’s share price has also caused a bit of a problem for analysts, as the stock keeps catching up with their price targets. .. read more

A Closer Look

The markets were once again higher this week, as the Dow Industrials hit the 13,000 level and the Nasdaq Composite hit 3000, levels not seen in years. The S&P 500 also hit multi-year highs, on its way to the best 2-month start to any year. This might all change soon with Bernanke’s announcement on inflation .. read more

A Closer Look

Christmas may have come early this year, as the market surged forward on great numbers from the  retail sector following the Black Friday extravaganza and the coordinated actions of the world’s central banks to relieve the European credit crunch.  The week’s events propelled the S&P 500 to a  7% gain, while the German DAX was .. read more

Weekly Economic and Market Review

For the last few months it seems I have written the same thing every week – the economic data was better than expected with the exception of housing and jobs. Well, last week – at least for now – that changed; the economic data was still better than expected – which seems nearly impossible after so many .. read more