Monthly Archive for: "July, 2013"

What do interest rates have to do with the market anyway?  We have had plenty of good markets with rising interest rates as well as falling ones.  Bad markets have also occurred during [...]

Economy The U.S. economic growth pace should accelerate in the second half of this year.  It should be boosted by increasing home sales and continued recovery in housing values.  Our [...]

Equities As the economy continues to improve, companies that benefit from it should lead the way in the stock market.  These would include many industrial, technology (especially those [...]

The Fed strikes!  It didn’t seem like much.  Two weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, outlined his expectations for economic progress, the subsequent withdrawal of [...]