MarketWatch 2019

[media-downloader media_id=”4393″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index YTD Month Dow Jones +3.72% +20.25%  S&P 500 +3.40% +25.29% NASDAQ +4.50% +30.60% Barclays -0.04% +8.49% 10-Yr Treasury yield was 1.73% at the end of October and 1.78% at the end of November Markets The stock market enjoyed fairly steady growth in November, with all the major indexes hitting […]

[media-downloader media_id=”4299″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index YTD Month Dow Jones +18.07% +0.58%  S&P 500 +23.02% +2.16% NASDAQ +25.99% +3.71% Barclays +8.84% +0.30% 10-Yr Treasury yield was 1.63% at the end of September and 1.69% at the end of October Markets The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened October with a 900-point drop over two days, then

[media-downloader media_id=”4246″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index YTD Month Dow Jones +15.39% +1.95%  S&P 500 +18.74% +1.72% NASDAQ +20.56% +0.46% 10-Yr Treasury yield was 1.5060% at the end of August and 1.6750% at the end of September Markets As September gave way to October, the stock market took another big dip, with the Dow Jones Industrial

[media-downloader media_id=”4114″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index YTD Month Dow Jones +12.76% -1.72%  S&P 500 +16.83% -1.81% NASDAQ +19.74% -2.60% Barclays +9.30% +2.59% 10-Year Treasury yield was at 2.02% and finished August at 1.50% Markets Wall Street once again saw major volatility throughout most of August, much of it attributed to more back-and-forth sparring in the

[media-downloader media_id=”4057″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index YTD Month Dow Jones +16.60% +1.10%  S&P 500 +20.10% +1.40% NASDAQ +23.90% +2.10% Barclays +6.30% +0.20% 10-Yr Treasury yield was 2.12% at the end of May and 2% at the end of June Markets August kicked off with a flurry of market activity that included Wall Street’s worst day

[media-downloader media_id=”4043″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index Month YTD Dow Jones +7.3% +15.3%  S&P 500 +7.0% +18.4% NASDAQ +7.5% +21.3% Barclays +1.25% +6.1% 10-Yr Treasury yield was 2.12% at the end of May and 2% at the end of June Markets The S&P 500 hit a new record high on July 1st, and on the same

[media-downloader media_id=”4007″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index Month YTD Dow Jones -6.30% +7.56%  S&P 500 -6.34% +10.74% NASDAQ -7.77% +12.86% 10-Yr Treasury yield began the month at 2.50% and ended May at 2.12%. Markets Uncertainty returned to the stock market in a big way in May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below 25,000 for the

[media-downloader media_id=”4003″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index Month YTD Dow Jones +2.56% +14.00%  S&P 500 +3.93% +17.51% NASDAQ +4.74% +22.01% Barclay’s Agg +0.26% +2.96% 10-Yr Treasury yield was 2.414% at the end of March and 2.509% at the end of April. Markets In last month’s newsletter, I mentioned that the recent flattening of the yield curve

[media-downloader media_id=”3996″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index Month YTD Dow Jones +0.17% +11.79%  S&P 500 1.94% +13.62%  NASDAQ +2.69% +16.79% Barclay’s Agg +1.92% +2.94% 10-Yr Treasury yield was 2.75%% at the end of February and 2.40%% at the end of March. Markets The stock market finished March and the first quarter of 2019 in rally mode.

[media-downloader media_id=”3991″ texts=”Download PDF” class=”cherry-btn”] Index Feb. YTD Dow Jones +4.02% +7.28%  S&P 500 +3.20% +8.00%  NASDAQ +3.59% +9.78% Barclay’s Agg -0.05% +1.06% The US 10yr began the month at 2.62% and finish February at a 2.71% yield. We swapped Goodyear Tire bonds for Bank of America bonds. Markets For the most part, February saw