Month: January 2020

What Drove Last Year’s Rally?

The S&P 500 index rose nearly 29 percent last year, its best performance since 2013. But it might be somewhat concerning that market’s historic run in 2019 was driven almost entirely by a vigorous rise in price rather than steady earnings growth, according to researchers at Goldman Sachs. That rally in stock prices is a […]

Market Scorecard for 2019

The S&P 500 finished 2019 up nearly 30 percent on the year, the strongest performance for that index in six years. The tech-heavy Nasdaq did even better, posting a gain of 35 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 22 percent. But the gains were a bit wind-aided: One of the keys to […]

The Worst Stocks of 2019

In a strong year for the market, no stock in the S&P 500 index lost more than half its value last year. Here are the ten worst-performing stocks in the S&P for the year 2019: Abiomed: down 48 percent Macy’s: down 40 percent DuPont: down 39 percent Occidental Petroleum: down 30 percent DXC Technology: down […]

Thoughts for the New Year

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” ~ Neil Gaiman “The new year stands […]