John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended December 4th
A November to remember The S&P 500’s 10.8% gain last month was the index’s biggest in eight months and its best November result since 1928, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. November marked a turnaround from September and October, when the S&P 500 posted a cumulative decline of 6.6%. Extended run The major U.S. […]
TD Ameritrade: December Outlook
December Outlook: A Whipsaw Year Approaches Finish Line with Pendulum Balanced After the whipsaw year we’ve had, many investors would probably be just fine with a dull December. There are signs they might get it, with many of the rough spots receding. The election was almost a month ago, earnings season is practically over, […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended November 27th
Record highs all around The S&P 500 and the Dow added to the records they had set earlier in November, while the NASDAQ topped a previous all-time high that it had recorded in early September. The Dow topped 30,000 points for the first time on Tuesday but slipped below that level by Friday’s close; the […]