Spring 2012 Newsletter
PDF Newsletter Equities – onward and upward As the U.S. economy continued its slow march toward recovery and Europe managed to fight off the threat of a Greek default on key bond payments, even higher gas prices couldn’t stop equities from powering upward… (Read More) Economic Perspective GDP final estimate for Q4-2011: 3% Unemployment continued ...
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Download in PDF Volatile Markets The global village became more connected as 2011 was consumed by debt, debate, downgrades, and potential default both here and overseas. U.S. economic data had to struggle for months against headwinds from abroad that preoccupied Wall Street even as Wall Street itself got occupied. (Read More) 2011 Annual Economic Perspective ...
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Download in PDF For Beacon Hill, this was a busy quarter. The markets certainly gave us more excitement than we would prefer with domestic equities officially in “correction” zone (10% drop) and foreign investments in a “bear market” drop (20% drop). We continue monitoring and, as always, will keep our clients abreast of changes and improvements as they ...
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Download PDF A Review of the Markets After strong first-quarter gains in the stock markets, it was mostly downhill from there. Following April’s year-to-date highs, when the Russell 2000 hit its highest level on record, week after week of declines battered all four U.S. indices. However, a rally in June’s final week left the Dow ...
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Spring 2011 Newsletter Download PDF Equity Markets Worldwide economic growth shrugged off daunting headlines and markets continued their expansion in the first quarter of 2011. U.S. Large Company stocks experienced their best quarterly performance since 1998! Foreign markets grew as well, although volatility among different countries, regions, and time periods increased drastically due to worldwide ...
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