Read Andy’s article published by Advisor One regarding the heavy debate of “The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Of 2010 and Why Congressional Officials Aren’t Also Held To A Fiduciary Standard Too?”… http://www.advisorone.com/2011/07/25/5-reasons-congress-should-be-held-to-a-fiduciary-s?utm_source=dailywire72511&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_campaign=dailywire%3C/a
Stocks rallied this past week to within 1.4% of a new 2011 high, due mainly to strong earnings reports and the significant progress made on the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations in Washington. Stocks also rose on the optimism over the European agreement on Greece’s sovereign debt load, and the fact that most of this past week’s economic indicators were to …
Watch this Video on the U.S. Debt Ceiling: What it is and Why it Matters to You – presented by Forefield.
Investors had plenty of noise to listen to last week with all the concerns over Italy, the European Union bank stress tests, debt ceiling negotiations, QE3 chatter, and a mixture of lethargic economic data. When the dust finally settled, all the domestic equity indexes were substantially lower for the past five trading sessions. The only two broad sectors that managed …
Stocks closed out the holiday-shortened week on a negative note as a result of last Friday’s employment report, but still managed to move higher on the week. The dismal employment report showed that just 18,000 jobs were created last month, which is nothing when you consider that we are a country of 300 million people. That measly figure was far …
It’s certainly been a tumulteous first half of the year in the stock market, with signs of upheaval, unexpected downward surprises, and disappointing returns for investors across the board. Worries about how Greece and several other European nations will handle their debt problems, and recent signs of weakness for our own U.S. economy, have certainly weighed in on our markets …
